Quotes About Obedience

how could Neumann Two not have known, but of course he didn't, because that is how things are with Neumann Two, with everybody in this unit, in this army, in this world, they do as they're told, they get scared, they move about with only themselves in mind. Name me someone who does not.

Frederick runs hard. But the fastest boys are greyhounds, harvested from all over the nation for their speed and eagerness to obey, and they seem to Werner to be running more fervently, more conclusively, than they have before. They are impatient to find out what will happen if someone is caught.

The tribune in command of Agrippa's guard told a centurion to see to the matter.

The two of them were used to speaking quietly. They knew their place in the house and it was their first duty never to be noticed unless they were needed, never to draw attention to themselves.

We obey God not because we are afraid of what He will do to us if we do not. Rather, we obey Him because we are moved by all that He has done for us in Jesus Christ. He has lovingly elected us and sprinkled us with the sin-forgiving, grace-abounding blood of Jesus.

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.

I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker.

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.

Being the daughter of an army officer, I am always punctual.

God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.

If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.

God will use us for his purposes, but it takes a certain kind of listening.

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

We shall meet again. I have believed in God. I obeyed the laws of war and was loyal to my flag.

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.

I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever.

BJP is a no-nonsense party and once the high command gives directions, it is followed through.

I am a rule follower. I think rules are there for a reason. I don't like breaking them.

My opinion is that I follow what the Lord says. Or I try to. Others are following what they want to do, basically. They are living for their self. I am living for God.

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

If they're acting like a dog, sometimes you're forced to treat people like dogs.