Insofar as thought could be governed at all, it could only be commanded to follow what reason affirmed anyhow; command it otherwise and it would not obey.
Insofar as thought could be governed at all, it could only be commanded to follow what reason affirmed anyhow; command it otherwise and it would not obey.
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.
You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!
Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.
But there were other forces at work in the cub, the greatest of which was growth. Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience...In the end, one day, fear and obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward the entrance.
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.
The greatest thing is a life of obedience in the routine things of everyday life. No amount of fine feeling can take the place of faithful doing.
These are with me, these are of me, these approve me,
these obey,
Choose me, move me, fear me, love me, master of the
night and day.
In Men, we various Ruling Passions find;
In Women, two almost divide the kind;
Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey,
The Love of Pleasure, and the Love of Sway.
War both needs and generates certain virtues not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no m
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Obedience ... allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the will of the Lord.
Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
The wise and wealthy love the surest way
And are content to thrive and to obey.
It is so easy to give a naughty boy a slap, overpower him in an instant, and make him obey, that in this world of hurry and distraction, who can possibly spend time to wait for the slow return of his reason and the conquest of himself in the uncertai
What blessings thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away;
For God is paid when man receives;
T' enjoy is to obey.
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.... Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into you as life, place yourself in the full center of that flood, then you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle who does not work does not eat, has been replaced by a new one who does not obey shall not eat.
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
What is so striking about the 50-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes, ... a flamboyant, autocratic figure, accustomed to living in style and demanding total obedience.
Obey struggles to balance the demands of his faith with the obligations of pluralism -- and for this, he receives few rewards. Recently, he offered an amendment to increase funding for child care, job training and domestic abuse programs as a way of taking some of the pressure off women to have abortions. ... whose concern for life ends at the checkbook's edge.
I want to add that the people that are conducting this war against the United States and the citizens of the United States wear no uniforms, swearing allegiance to no country, obey no treaties and have sworn and acknowledged that what they want to do is do the most amount of damage to the most amount of individuals without regard to any rules,
How will you find good It is not a thing of choice it is a river that flows from the foot of the invisible throne, and flows by the path of obedience
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast,
Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
Say to those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind You shall soon be invited (to fight) against a people possessing mighty prowess you will fight against them until they submit then if you obey, Allah will grant you a good reward and if you turn back as you turned back before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
Yet here for ever, ever must I stay;
Sad proof how well a lover can obey!
I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey.
I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.
Therefore call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, though the unbelievers are averse Possessor of the highest rank, Lord of power He makes the inspiration to light by His command upon whom He pleases of His servants, that he may warn (men) of the day of meeting.
It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God easy to entangle the soul in a network of petty observances, difficult to yield the obedience of an enlightened heart easy to be haughtily exclusive, difficult to be humbly spiritual easy to be an ascetic or a formalist, difficult to be pure, and loving, and wise, and free easy to be a Pharisee, difficult to be a disciple very easy to embrace a self-satisfying and sanctimonious system of rabbinical observances, very difficult to love God with all the heart, and all the might, and all the soul, and all the strength.
Reason should direct and appetite obey.
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity.
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay;
My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.
There are times when minds need to turn to simple things. Perhaps for a few of these nights all of us might do well to leave the briefcases at the office and to read again the pages of the Bible, and to re-read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We might do well to stay home a few days and walk over the fields, or to stand in the shelter of the barn door and reflect upon the relentless and yet benevolent forces of Mother Nature. The laws of nature are relentless. They can never be disobeyed without exacting a penalty. Yet they are benevolent, for when they are understood and obeyed, nature yields up the abundance that blesses those who understand and obey.
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have.
There is no act more moral between men than that of rule And obedience.
It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of passion, and all made of wishes;
All adoration, duty, and observance,
All humbleness, all patience, and impatience,
All purity, all trial, all obedience;
And so am I for Phebe.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you find that more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
Go where you will, the King shall be commanded;
And be you kings: command, and I'll obey.
To love, cherish and to obey.
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
Just as order gave life and beauty to the earth when it was dark and void, so it does to us. Obedience helps us develop the full potential Heavenly Father desires for us in becoming celestial beings worthy some day to live in His presence.
I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.
The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves to go back and dwell with our Heavenly Father and our Father, knowing the faults and failings of men has given us certain commandments to obey, and if we will examine those requirements and the things that devolve upon us we will find that they are all for our individual benefit and advancement. The school of life in which we are placed and the lessons that are given to us by our Father will make of us exactly what He desires, so that we may be prepared to dwell with Him.
Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
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