Quotes about Obedience
Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.
— John Newton
The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord's work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself to God.
— DL Moody
It is alright when God sends us the approval of our fellow men; however, we must never make that approval a motive in our life.
— AB Simpson
Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him.
— Phillips Brooks
No man is really saved unless he is in his heart obedient to Christ.
— Charles Spurgeon
Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.
— Marcus Aurelius
Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.
— William Wilberforce
For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.
— Martin Niemoller
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
— Oswald Chambers
Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation.
— Charles Spurgeon
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services; for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.
— Epictetus