Quotes About Obedience

When a man is certain that he knows God's will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.

Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.

Abraham was asked to sacrifice his only son. God no longer asks for blood sacrifices, for the ultimate sacrifice has been made. But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.

Some men craved deference; others craved wine, or the bodies of beautiful women, or the monastic life of order and obedience. What did Ned crave? The answer came into his mind with a speed and effortlessness that took him by surprise: justice.

The world has become wicked. Heresy, lasciviousness, and disrespect are rife. Men question authority, women flaunt their bodies, children disobey their parents. God is angry, and His rage is fearsome. Don't try to run from His justice! It will find you, no matter where you hide.

A veces la Unión Soviética parecía más un monasterio medieval donde todo el mundo había hecho voto de pobreza y obediencia.

But you should go to bed." "With your ladyship's permission, I'd like to stay up until Lord Remarc telephones again.

Habéis estado demasiado tiempo aquí sentado para el bien que habéis hecho. Marchad, os digo, y libradnos de vos. ¡En el nombre de Dios, marchad!».

They who live by the sword shall die by the sword. Jesus said, although that verse was not often quoted by the priests of King Edward III's reign. Fiat voluntas tua : They will be done [Latin]

Fiat voluntas tua: hágase tu voluntad».

Americans talked about voters the way Russians talked about Stalin: they had to be obeyed, right or wrong.

El hombre que se jacta de conocer la voluntad de Dios y está dispuesto a cumplirla a toda costa es el hombre más peligroso del mundo».

Soms zou ik ook wel een opvliegend karakter willen hebben,' zei Philip. 'Dat houdt de mensen in beweging. Maar iedereen weet dat ik altijd redelijk ben, daarom word ik nooit zo snel gehoorzaamd als een prior die onverwachts woedend kan uitvallen.

God no longer asks for blood sacrifices, for the ultimate sacrifice has been made. But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us. Is this design the best thing you could offer God?

El hombre que se jacta de conocer la voluntad de Dios y está dispuesto a cumplirla a toda costa es el hombre más peligroso del mundo.

La lección, para unos muchachos como vosotros, es que puede haber más honor en la sumisión y en la obediencia que en una imprudente rebelión.

When he thought about how he had been slighted, condescended to, manipulated and deceived, he became angry. Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world of power and property demanded that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world of power and property required that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

She knew how to behave at ceremonies: move slowly, smile at everyone, do what you're told, and if no one tells you what to do, stand still.

When a man is certain that he knows God's will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism.

God stands ready to allocate his power to all who are radically dependent on Him and radically devoted to making much of Him.

The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.