Quotes of: Obedient Keyword

The spirit is liquid and easily flows and surges, sinking and boiling with the currents of circumstances. Bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ is no easy-chair job.

Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot

Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not confidence.

The Marquis' Secret

Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.

North and South

But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes a far greater danger to human survival.

Obedience to Authority

The system is like a vampire where you must give it permission to enter through your obedience.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.

Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin

If we cooperate with Him in loving obedience, God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face.

The Pursuit of God

The sense of mystery must always be, for mystery means being guided by obedience to Someone Who knows more than I do.

Place of Help

Before there could be any permanent reformation the people must be led to feel their utter inability in themselves to render obedience to God.

Patriarchs And Prophets

Knowledge is not necessary for obedience, nor doth information replace faith. El hast commanded. We shall obey

The Third Heaven: The Rise of Fallen Stars

I could practically hear the unspoken ‘good girl’ accompanied by a pat and scratch behind my ears like I was his obedient pet.

Unexpectedly Out of Focus

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.

Paul Klee

You claim to love God, and yet you disobey God This is a bizarre way of reasoning Surely, the lover, if his love is true, Is most obedient to the one he loves.

Poet

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

Michelangelo

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Mahatma Gandhi

The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.

Orson F. Whitney

It's such an obedient way to be for a woman, to try to keep yourself in top shape, to follow all the rules and hope that will get you a measure of stability or happiness. That's part of the affluent suburban dream: to do everything perfectly in a lon...

Robin Weigert

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He ...

Saint Ignatius

Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.

Adam Clarke

I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.

Hakeem Olajuwon