Quotes about Obedience
Biassou raised his hand, and as if by enchantment the tumult was stilled, and each negro returned to his place in the ranks in silence. The discipline which Biassou had imposed upon his equals by the exercise of his power of will struck me, I may say, with admiration. All the soldiers of the force seemed to exist only to obey the wishes of their chief, as the notes of the harpsichord under the fingers of the musician.
— Victor Hugo
The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.
— Rick Warren
Do you think that people will obey the truth because it is true, unless they love it? No, they will not. Truth is obeyed when it is loved.
— Brigham Young
God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.
— Craig Groeschel
The gospel frees us from demanding our own way, because nothing we desire to obtain is worth sinning against such love and kindness.
— Elyse Fitzpatrick
Be strong, live happy and love, but first of allHim whom to love is to obey, and keepHis great command!
— John Milton
Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.
— Brother Lawrence
It is by giving our whole hearts to the Master and keeping His commandments that we come to know Him. In time, through the power of the Atonement, our hearts are changed, and we can become like Him.
— Henry B. Eyring
The saving of anyone is something which is not in the power of man, but only of God. No one can be saved in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved in virtue of what God can do. The divine claim takes the form that it puts both the obedient and the disobedient together and compels them to realise this, to recognise their common status in face of the commanding God.
— Karl Barth
The Church's objectivity is not subjectivized by the affirmation that the only framework in which the Church can remain the Church of the Lord is the framework of faith, prayer, obedience and subjection.
— GC Berkouwer
The authoriyty of God's Word ... is (known) in the way of the Spirit, who leads man to obedience and draws him in his full existence to the gospel.
— GC Berkouwer
The freedom of the man of God has nothing to do with autonomy and does not stand opposed to submission to God.
— GC Berkouwer