(128 quotes found)
“Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.”
George Whitefield
“Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.”
Walter Bagehot
“When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience”
Thomas Jefferson
“Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.”
William Penn
“From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.”
Adolf Eichmann
“There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due”
John Dewey
“What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.”
Havelock Ellis
“Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of Love, and”
Mary Baker Eddy
“A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty”
Nadia Boulanger
“He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding (Proverbs 15:32).”
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