Quotes about Obedience

Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.

Remember your created limits. So much of workaholism is a defiance of the physical limitations that God our creator has imposed upon us.

We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it is in family.

those who are desperate enough to know Him, seek Him, and obey Him will find themselves enjoying a richer and fuller life in Christ.

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

We pray to obey God, not to 'play God'. We pray, not to change God's mind, but to change our own; not to command God, but to let God command us. We pray to 'let God be God'. Prayer is our obedience to God even when it asks God for things, for God has commanded us to ask (Mt. 7:7).

when the soul no longer conforms to the will of God, the body no longer conforms to the will of the soul.

We pray to obey God, not to "play God". We pray, not to change God's mind, but to change our own; not to command God, but to let God command us. We pray to "let God be God". Prayer is our obedience to God even when it asks God for things, for God has commanded us to ask (Mt 7:7).

No happiness on earth can be deeper than the happiness that comes from our willing and active submission to God's will even when he wills suffering.

T]o scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God (I-II,19,5).

De Caussade makes this matter of duty very simple, too, as he makes everything simple: "We have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God's will into effect and passively accept all that his will sends us" (p. 73). That's all. That's it.

when a subject corrects his prelate, he ought to do so in a becoming manner, not with impudence and harshness but with gentleness and respect. . . .