Quotes About Obedience

That was totally his fault-Kenji's.. He tried to cross on red.. You ignore the signal, you'll get hurt. every kindergartener knows.. red means stop." -Slam Dunk

When thinking of great faith, we rarely think of great fear. But the Bible shows repeatedly that people of great faith also trembled in their boots as they took that first step in following God's will for their lives. Nevertheless, they took it, trusting Him and then running for Him with everything they had. May we do no less.

Divine support was not an entitlement; Muslims had to earn the favor of Allah by behaving as commanded and submitting to His will.

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

Frightened people are obedient–not just physically, but intellectually and emotionally.

Every time you say no to your big brother, God kills a kitten. Come on.

Kid Chaos : "Yes, ma'am".

The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior--or lack of integrity--a person exhibits is directly proportional to their amount of pain." - Tara Leigh's therapist (p.118)

The notion of love and obedience in love is therefore fundamental in Muslim spirituality, as it is for all spiritualities which affirm that one must learn to love in order to serve and enter into the peace of Islam.

Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

what was needed in any battle was not the wise and the thoughtful, but the unwary who would follow their leader to the death, like sheep if need be, without too much counting the cost or the cause.

My lords, let us consider just law. Does it bring tranquillity, good order, piety, justice and liberty and prosperity to a people? Does it nourish patriotism and the way of a manly and upright life? Then it is a good law, and deserves our utter obedience. "But if it brings pain, intolerable burdens, injustice, sleepless anxiety and fear and slavery to a people, then it is an evil law passed and upheld by evil men, who hate humanity and wish to subjugate and control it.

To the wise, mindlessness and utter obedience are evil. To the stupid, any direction of self is evil, and any exercise of free will is error and obedience is not to be questioned. Are you wise, or are you stupid? That is a question you must answer in your hearts.

Men are no different from your automata; slip a bloke a piece of paper with the proper figures on it, and he'll do your bidding.

Playtime's over, Jax," she says. "Time to do your homework.

A dog may understand dozens of commands, but it will never do anything but bark.

Men are no different from your automata; slip a bloke a piece of paper with the proper figures on it, and he'll do your bidding." The room grew light as the man lit an oil lamp.

As Kevin Behan writes in his book Natural Dog Training, "To Master a dog, we must be decisive and control everything that the dog learns so the dog will have no opportunity but to learn what we want him to.

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett had a rebellious 15-year-old son. They could see that they had made many mistakes in childrearing. Their mistakes, however, blinded them to his needs. When they saw their son, they saw their failures. As a result, they never saw him as a boy who was choosing to sin. They failed to see that he was choosing not to believe and obey God. They had not been perfect parents, it was true. Their son, however, had not been a good son. That part was true too.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

You only muddy the waters when the bottom line in discipline is your displeasure over their behavior, rather than God's displeasure with rebellion against his ordained authority.

As a parent, you must exercise authority. You must require obedience of your children because they are called by God to obey and honor you. You must exercise authority, not as a cruel taskmaster, but as one who truly loves them.