The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.
Obey-obedience Quotes
I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey.
There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.
Nothing is really lost by a life of sacrifice; everything is lost by failure to obey God’s call.
Come when you’re called And do as you’re bid; Shut the door after you And you’ll never be chid.
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, it would be a matter of entire indifference to each which service fell to his lot, the post of ruler […]
A life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one’s own need to think.
It is right that what is just should be obeyed; it is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. Justice without might is helpless; might without justice is tyrannical.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
