Obedience Quotes
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So often we give God a partial obedience. We do not dare to disobey, but we do not care to obey fully. So we compromise. We do some of what we should, thus removing the stigma of disobedience. But we refrain from the most difficult or objectionable or uncomfortable part, and thus try to get the best of both worlds.
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The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.
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Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.
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If you want to change people's obedience then you must change their imagination.
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Complete happiness lies in obedience to Allāh, and anguish is found in disobedience to Him and opposition against Him.
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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, a little before his departure, commissioned his apostles to Go, and teach all nations; or, as another evangelist expresses it, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation. They accordingly went forth in obedience to the command, and the power of God evidently wrought with them.
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Obedience . . . allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the will of the Lord.
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Love is the foundation of all obedience.
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Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.
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You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.
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Obedience to the law of bread labour will bring about a silent revolution in the structure of society.
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To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.
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Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.
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Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.
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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.
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Let them obey that knows not how to rule.
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Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that obedience may be more perfect; and thus while a measure of license is necessary to exhibit the individual energies of things, the fairness and pleasantness and perfection of them all consist in their restraint.
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That's the excitement in obedience, finding out later what God had in mind.
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If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity.
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Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.
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If obedience is the chief thing good stood upon, why are not other laws and statutes urged as strictly as those which concern ceremonies?
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The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in fact becomes saving. And so for that reason, Judas emerges as the champion and he ends up being envied and even cursed and resented by the other disciples.
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Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!
