Quotes About Obedience

Creon: See that you never side with those who break my orders. Leader: Never. Only a fool could be in love with death. Creon: Death is the price - you're right. But all too often the mere hope of money has ruined many men.

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness. - Ismene

There's no room for pride, not in a slave, not with the lord and master standing by.

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness. - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

No? Believe me, the stiffest stubborn wills fall the hardest; the toughest iron tempered strong in the white-hot fire, you'll see it crack and shatter first of all. And I've known spirited horses you can break with a light bite—proud, rebellious horses. There's no room for pride, not in a slave, not with the lord and master standing by.

By all means. And this time, I assume, even you will obey the god's decrees.

I am not your slave. I serve Apollo.

I would never have come if you hadn't called me here.

Creon: My voice is the one voice giving orders in this city! Haimon: It is no city if it takes orders from one voice. Creon: The State is the King! Haimon: Yes, if the State is a desert.

AGAMEMNÔN. Il n'est pas facile à un roi d'être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien.

Tis hard for power to observe each pious rule.

once he returns, then, then I'll be a traitor if I do not do all the god makes clear.

S takva djela dika mi je mrijet, Jer draga do njeg - do dragog ?u u grob le?, U?iniv sveti grijeh. Ta dulje svi?at se Ja svijetu moram onom negol' ovome, Jer ondje dovijek ?u po?ivat. Svi?a l' se Onako tebi, zakon božji pogazi!

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

When you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper?

People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Christianity spring from insubordination, the dislike of obedience, rebellion against all authority. As a result, people have hitherto been beating the air in their struggle against objections, because they have fought intellectually with doubt instead of fighting morally with rebellion.

The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law.

I am a firm believer that God has already ordered the things that have taken place in my life... and I'm just learning to follow the path he's laid before me.

We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.

If we don't live by God's heartbeat, by what He has in His heart, then we are wasting our time and life

The Great law is God's commandment.

It is so easy to have problems with people when you are not God's will.

I can think of God as my savior and even my friend, but I must never forget that He is God, and after He saves me, I must put myself in subjection to Him and His will.

We are weak Christians simply because we have refused to be bondservants of Christ