Quotes about Obedient

Obedient people never trust in themselves. Votes: 3

Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit Votes: 3

Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned Votes: 3

Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft and low, As pious maid awakes her aged sire, On tiptoe stealing, whisper in his ear The tidings of the young god's victory. Votes: 3

You have to have courage to be obedient to God. Votes: 1

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient. Votes: 1

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. Votes: 1

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. Votes: 1

I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble. Votes: 1

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. Votes: 1

I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do. Votes: 1

Outside of my home, I look like a very obedient, very serious, very good kind of girl, but nobody knows what happens inside the house. Votes: 1

All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction. Votes: 1

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united. Votes: 1

In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient. Votes: 1

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness. Votes: 1

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. Votes: 1

One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay. Votes: 1

We were promised that we would have Jehovah, Jesus Christ, as our Savior and Redeemer. He would assure that we would all be resurrected. And He would make it possible for us to pass the test of life if we exercised faith in Him by being obedient. Votes: 1

My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always guided me. I didn't always go where he wanted me to go. But He always had me. Now that I'm actually listening and being obedient, life is so much better. Votes: 1

Often as we teach and testify about the law of tithing, we emphasize the immediate, dramatic and readily recognizable temporal blessings that we receive. And surely such blessings do occur. Yet some of the diverse blessings we obtain as we are obedient to this commandment are significant but subtle. Votes: 1

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics. Votes: 1

I do know this... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ. Votes: 1

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that. Votes: 1

The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain. Votes: 1

It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will. Votes: 1

Never be obedient. Votes: 0

An obedient wife commands her husband. Votes: 0

Rules are my very humble, obedient servants. Votes: 0

I am extremely square and obedient in nature! Votes: 0

Only the believing obey, only the obedient believe Votes: 0

My worst work happens when I get obedient. Votes: 0

I had the luck of having an obedient body. Votes: 0

Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects. Votes: 0

God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them. Votes: 0

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers. Votes: 0

Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as He. Votes: 0

Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you. Votes: 0

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type. Votes: 0

An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent. Votes: 0

Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called. Votes: 0

Blessing come to you when you are obedient to God's commands. Votes: 0

Be ever more obedient to God and He will save you. Votes: 0

My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will. Votes: 0

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart. Votes: 0

Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances. Votes: 0

God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient. Votes: 0

I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient. Votes: 0

Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous. Votes: 0

Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you Votes: 0

When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend. Votes: 0

True listening is obedient listening. To listen to God is to obey Him. Votes: 0

It is not long before those who are obedient in service obtain command. Votes: 0

Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes. Votes: 0

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. Votes: 0

The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient Votes: 0

Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands. Votes: 0

It is important to be biblically literate, but we must also be biblically obedient! Votes: 0

No man is really saved unless he is in his heart obedient to Christ. Votes: 0

If you choose to be obedient to God, God meets you with divine enablement. Votes: 0

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service. Votes: 0

We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see. Votes: 0

We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble. Votes: 0

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient. Votes: 0

The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option Votes: 0

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie. Votes: 0

The only true satisfaction we can seek is the satisfaction of being obedient to the Lord. Votes: 0

God gives prosperity only to those who personally know him and are obedient to His will. Votes: 0

God is awesome; he doesn't need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient. Votes: 0

A child who is disciplined will be more obedient and also more organized as a student. Votes: 0

This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient. Votes: 0

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it. Votes: 0

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom. Votes: 0

Only in comedy, by the way, does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity. Votes: 0

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction! Votes: 0

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls. Votes: 0

I'm not a perfectionist but I'm definitely, or well, I like discipline. I'm obedient. I'm not a perfectionist. Votes: 0

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person. Votes: 0

Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds. Votes: 0

I want to make a revolving door that says 'Pull' on it, just see how obedient people are. Votes: 0

Schooling is a manufacturing process whereby the raw material called curious boys is turned into products called obedient men. Votes: 0

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved Votes: 0

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. Votes: 0

The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God. Votes: 0

There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons. Votes: 0

Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are. Votes: 0

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Votes: 0

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey. Votes: 0

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... Votes: 0

The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world. Votes: 0

The KEY to disciplining ourselves in the area of obedience is always keeping in mind to whom we are being obedient. Votes: 0

A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world. Votes: 0

Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors. Votes: 0

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself. Votes: 0

When you are obedient to God, He fills you with His Spirit and empowers you to do all He asks of you. Votes: 0

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him. Votes: 0

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. Votes: 0

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents. Votes: 0

The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! Votes: 0

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air. Votes: 0

How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe. Votes: 0

If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient." Votes: 0

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. Votes: 0

The main duty of ministers is to be obedient to God, following the Holy Spirit to obey everything that He instructs them to do. Votes: 0

Revival is a divinely initiated work in which God's people pray, repent of their sin, and return to a holy, Spirit-filled, obedient, love-relationship with God. Votes: 0

Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour character and aims. Votes: 0

I am no longer content to be the scared, obedient schoolgirl. Who are you, a stranger, to tell me what I can and cannot do? Votes: 0

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not. Votes: 0

Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms. Votes: 0

As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts the gentleman's code. Votes: 0

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it Votes: 0

One Body, Many Blogs is a nifty look at the mission to cyberspace that Christians, obedient to the Spirit, have undertaken! Read it and be inspired! Votes: 0

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.... Votes: 0

A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him. Votes: 0

Concentration is like a leash for our mind, keeping it under control and obedient and not giving it too much room to move as it wishes. Votes: 0

God has never given a dream that could be fulfilled at step one. So start walking, be obedient, and watch God fulfill that dream in your life. Votes: 0

A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness. Votes: 0

Christ does not inhabit buildings or a certain atmosphere; in fact, the very heavens cannot contain Him. Rather, He is manifested through our obedient, sanctified bodies-His temples. Votes: 0

What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well. Votes: 0

but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads Votes: 0

The love of Christ is always there and unchanging, no matter what we do, but it is when we are obedient that we actually begin to feel it. Votes: 0

To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence. Votes: 0

Obedience allows God's blessings to flow without constraint. He will bless His obedient children with freedom from bondage and misery. And He will bless them with more light. Votes: 0

Societies need self sacrificing ignorant crowd;Religions need fearful followers;Systems need obedient slaves;Corporate world needs compulsive consumers,andI NEED THE COURAGE TO RISE ABOVE THESE FOUR PARASITES. Votes: 0

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies. Votes: 0

I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom while enslaving the population. Votes: 0

He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth. Votes: 0

Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart. Votes: 0

The more a man follows nature, and is obedient to her laws, the longer he will live; the farther he deviates from these, the shorter will be his existence. Votes: 0

The world is: fun, and familiar, and healthful, and unbelievably refreshing, and lovely. And it is the theater of the spiritual; it is the multiform utterly obedient to a mystery. Votes: 0

Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht... Votes: 0

My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient - good to themselves and the country at large Votes: 0

Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation. Votes: 0

Quarkbeasts, for all their fearsome looks, are obedient to a fault. They are nine-tenths velociraptor and kitchen blender and one-tenth Labrador. It was the Labrador tenth that I valued most. Votes: 0

It is to the man who is trying to live, to the man who is obedient to the word of the Master, that the word of the Master unfolds itself. Votes: 0

Oh, nature's noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen, That mighty instrument of little men. Votes: 0

And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living. Votes: 0

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long as the public remains passive and obedient. Votes: 0

Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger. Votes: 0

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. Votes: 0

If you are ensnarled in pornography, make a total commitment to overcome it now. Find a quiet place; pray urgently for help and support. Be patient and obedient. Don't give up. Votes: 0

O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight of my eyes Is service at your court Votes: 0

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient. Votes: 0

A successful Christian life will not be based on how much work we have done, but rather, on how close to the Lord we have become and how obedient we have been. Votes: 0

When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot. My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots, My breath will not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. Votes: 0

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky. Votes: 0

If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state. Votes: 0

It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself. Votes: 0

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance. Votes: 0

We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come. Votes: 0

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient. Votes: 0

As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was the pretty, obedient one. And Amy was the adventurous mischief-maker. Votes: 0

Up and down our lives obedient Walk, dear Christ, with footsteps radiant, Till those garden lives shall be Fair with duties done for Thee; And our thankful spirits say, "Christ arose on Easter Day." Votes: 0

I know of nothing that I feel is of so great value in life as to be obedient to the counsel and advice of the Lord, and of His servants in this our day. Votes: 0

I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. Votes: 0

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's own need to think. Votes: 0

Let's review the cost-free techniques that we've learned so far for raising an achievement-oriented, obedient, drug-free, virgin adult: Calamity, Praise, Local Theater, and flat feet. Another key element is "Strong Father Figure / Fear Thereof." Votes: 0

While I have no problem with the church adapting to the culture, we must ensure that we remain painstakingly true to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that we remain obedient servants to His truths. Votes: 0

The Church desperately needs people of joy and zeal. Show me a church that is consistently obedient to this single command, and I will show you a church that is turning its world upside down. Votes: 0

The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants. Votes: 0

A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise. Votes: 0

I am going to turn over a new life and am going to be a very good girl and be obedient to Isa Keith, here there is plenty of gooseberries which makes my teeth watter. Votes: 0