(91 quotes found)
“Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.”
Aristotle
“Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.”
Donald Rumsfeld
“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way”
C.S. Lewis
“They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey”
William Shakespeare
“Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.”
Horatio Nelson
“He just refuses to obey the laws, ... It is becoming ridiculous. It's an eyesore and it's also bringing our tax values down.”
Jane Kennedy
“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
Bible
“But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.”
“Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;”
“Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.”
