Quotes About Obedience

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

The Bible says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has not put the law in my hands. He's put the law in the government's hands.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.

Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.

You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.

Don't obey God to get things. Obey God to get God. He is your shield and your very great reward.

Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

I believe that we are the generation that will rise and fulfill the Great Commission. But if we don't; some generation will. God has decreed it!

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.

Now run along and play, but don't get into trouble. George promised to be good. But it is easy for little monkeys to forget.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.

God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.

The past has always been the handmaid of authority.

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.