Quotes About Obedience

When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God acts; when man prays, God empowers.

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

Islam is nothing but man's exclusive and total submission to God.

To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.

The man who has truly believed in his heart ... his life will be marked by a biblical confession of Christ in word and deed.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things. He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says

The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender to him the Gospel

Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.

Men are marked from the moment of birth to rule or be ruled.

If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.

The Gospel does not abrogate God's law, but it makes men love it with all of their hearts.

Each man is for his lord, do not give chase.

A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'

No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.

Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man ... , keep alive for yourselves.

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.

Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.