Obedience Quotes

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. - Joseph Lancaster

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience. - Thomas Jefferson

What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow. - Martin Luther

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command. - Henry Ellis

What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. - Havelock Ellis

What is so striking about the 50-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes... a flamboyant, autocratic figure, accustomed to living in style and demanding total obedience. - Martin Meredith

What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. - Henry David Thoreau

What I think it?s going to take now is non-violent, peaceful civil disobedience all over the country... Go to your senators? offices, to federal buildings. Sit down and say enough is enough. The killing has to stop sometime. - Cindy Sheehan

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it. - John Bunyan

We've identified the problem and it's not going away. What I think it's going to take now is non-violent, peaceful civil disobedience all over the country. - Cindy Sheehan