Quotes about Obedience
Eseldorf was a paradise for us boys. We were not overmuch pestered with schooling. Mainly we were trained to be good Christians; to revere the Virgin, the Church, and the saints above everything. Beyond these matters we were not required to know much; and, in fact, not allowed to. Knowledge was not good for the common people, and could make them discontented with the lot which God had appointed for them, and God would not endure discontentment with His plans.
— Mark Twain
To this end it furnishes them an abundance of Catholic priests to teach them to be docile and obedient, and to be diligent in acquiring ignorance about things here below, and knowledge about the kingdom of heaven
— Mark Twain
The end of life is not to be happy nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
He demanded of all people the one thing he had never granted anybody: obedience.
— Ayn Rand
The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so. May we be forgiven!
— Ayn Rand
Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of the Students. You shall do what the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you.
— Ayn Rand
Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic. So go crazy with the rules?the time your child spends trying to figure them out is time he won't be stapling firecrackers to the neighbor's dog.
— Stephen Colbert
Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.
— Stephen Covey
If you read a map with directions to get somewhere but you don't follow it, you shouldn't get mad at God when you become spiritually lost. The Bible is a love letter from God. But if you don't read it and believe it, you may wonder why you'll walk through life feeling unloved.
— Stephen Kendrick
God never intended for us to live out the Christian life or accomplish His work on the earth in our own wisdom or strength. His plan has always been for us to rely on the Holy Spirit and live a life of obedience in prayer.
— Stephen Kendrick
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
— Albert Einstein