Quotes about Obedience
Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go.
- Henry Ward Beecher
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
- Herman Melville
What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.
- Johannes Tauler
If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.
- John Calvin
No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God's sight.
- John Calvin
Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.
- John Calvin
It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.
- John Calvin
Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.
- John Milton
If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks to us about His commandments, we determine to obey them.
- John Stott
God can't drive a parked car.
- Joyce Meyer
God plants dreams in people's hearts. But many people do not continue all the way to the end in order to follow Him to the fulfillment of that dream.
- Joyce Meyer
Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.
- Kevin DeYoung