Quotes About Obedience

A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

Colin Powell's committed to come into the house of the master. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture.

Giving in to fear alters God's best plan for your life. So use the power of God's Word to do what He wants you to do...even if you have to do it afraid! The rewards are great.

Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

Your best servant is the person who does not attend so much to hearing what he himself wants as to willing what he has heard from you.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.

It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

God my Creator said, 'Go and make disciples.' So I don't want to sit and make excuses.

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

God gave these ten laws for our good. He wants us to be our very best and to get the most that is possible our of life.

[Eva Braun] always said, "you're the Führer, you can do whatever you want to do."

When I want you to beg, I'll tell you.

I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

Lord, I want to be your slave.

We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.