Quotes About Obedience

Lorraine. Sivamet. Breathe with me. Turn around. There was a command in his voice. Steel. One didn't dare disobey.

Does anyone in this room remember they're in the military?" Griffen demanded. "Occasionally," Mack said, "when we get bad intel.

I will be with you soon. She felt his smile all the way to her heart. Jacques was beginning to remember humor. You really like that I go my own way and make my own decisions, don't you? she teased him, wanting to keep his mind as stable as possible until she was with him to give him an anchor. Do not bet on that, little red hair. Instant obedience is the ideal. You wish.

Not me , Colby denied firmly. No one is getting me up in front of the world vowing I'll obey Rafael. Rafael raised his eyebrow. There is the promise of obedience in this marriage ceremony? Paul, we have to talk.

The lesson of the biblical tale of Noah's ark was a simple one, a refrain that echoed throughout the Old Testament: Behave, or God will fuck you up.

The lesson of the biblical tale of Noah's ark was a simple one, a refrain that echoed throughout the Old Testament: behave, or God will fuck you up.

Our holy prelates [say that God's Word] causeth insurrection and teacheth the people to disobey...and moveth them to rise against their princes, and to make all common, and to make havoc of other men's goods. William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man

Who but a slave thanks his master for what his master has decided to do without bothering to consult him.

So there are laws that are defensible but unenforceable, and there are laws impossible to infringe. But in the New York of Mayor Bloomberg, there are laws that are not possible to obey, and that nobody can respect, and that are enforced by arbitrary power. The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law. Tyranny can be petty. And "petty" is not just Bloomberg's middle name. It is his name.

The will to command and to dominate is one thing, but the will to obey and be prostrate is a deadly foe as well.

Abençoados sejam os submissos, pois a eles diremos Lindos meninos.

The only way to control the faithful is to not become one of them

Resultó que a los cancerberos se les podía adiestrar, particularmente si solo se les decían cosas que iban a hacer de todos modos. («Come, Alvin. Buen chico. Ahora, haz caca. Excelente»).

But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other miseries stalk the land. If this is the handiwork of divine beings, then they are to be rebelled against and overthrown, not given obeisance, obedience, and reverance.

No chance to step out was given to those who did not feel up to shooting; no one systematically excused those who were visibly too shaken to continue. Everyone assigned to the firing squads took his turn as ordered. Therefore, those who shoot did not have to live with the clear awareness that what they had done had been avoidable.

The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to.

El ingenuo dominico dice que también él ha pedido el permiso y se lo han negado. «Pero tú, ¿cómo lo has pedido?», le pregunta el jesuita. Y el dominico: «¿Puedo fumar mientras rezo?». Era obvio que le contestaran que no. En cambio, el jesuita preguntó «¿Puedo rezar mientras fumo?», y los superiores le dijeron que se podía rezar en cualquier circunstancia.

universe to be questioned or understood. All that a mere man could do, it seemed to Jurgis, was to take a thing like this as he found it, and do as he was told; to be given a place in it and a share in its wonderful activities was a blessing to be grateful for, as one was grateful for the sunshine and the rain.

I am under orders, as much so as any private in the army. The American people are my boss, and I have the job of finding out what they want, and doing it.

In the south, you see, a lady takes for granted the slave-psychology in those she regards as her social inferiors. Not merely does she expect immediate obedience from all members of the colored race; she feels the same way about policemen in uniform--it would never occur to her to think of a policeman as anything but a servant, prepared to behave as such.

One man decides, and the rest obey.

How did these nuns end up with such grand accommodation? Last he'd heard, they were supposed to be all about poverty, chastity and obedience. Still, as Meatloaf pointed out, two out of three ain't bad.

Nuns don't lie. We simply train ourselves to forget that which we are not supposed to know.

We were disciplined and obedient to authority. We realized that truth and lies were twin sisters, and that truth on earth came in thousands of different forms.