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Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend! That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand. - John Milton, Paradise Lost (bk. V, l. 519) Ascend, I follow thee, safe guide, the path Thou lead'st me, and to the hand of heav'n submit. - John Milton, Paradise Lost (bk. XI, l. 371) The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple, wherein man had nothing to inquire after, or to dispute, forasmuch as to obey is the proper office of a rational soul, acknowledging a heavenly superior and benefactor. From obedience and submission spring all other virtues, as all sin does from self-opinion. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Command is anxiety; obedience, easy. - William Paley, Archdeacon of Saragossa Though a god I have learned to obey the times. - Palladas, Epigram, in "Palatine Anthology", IX, 441 Through obedience learn to command. - Plato (originally Aristocles}, Leges (762 E) Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, yet has her humor most when she obeys. - Alexander Pope I was Chairman Mao's dog. What he said to bite, I bit. - Jiang Qing Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions. - Francis Quarles Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us. - Francis Quarles The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands. - Joseph Ernest Renan O Lord, who art our guide even unto death, grant us, I pray Thee, grace to follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest. In little daily duties to which Thou callest us, bow down our wills to simple obedience. - Christina Georgina Rossetti Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that obedience may be more perfect; and thus while a measure of license is necessary to exhibit the individual energies of things, the fairness and pleasantness and perfection of them all consist in their restraint. - John Ruskin Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience. - Moslih Eddin (Muslih-un-Din) Saadi (Sadi) Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel is not fit for store. - Moslih Eddin (Muslih-un-Din) Saadi (Sadi) When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend. - Moslih Eddin (Muslih-un-Din) Saadi (Sadi) Obedience is the Christian's crown. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller The first great law is to obey. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Obedience decks the Christian most. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Fight with the Dragon, (Bowring's translation) It is foolish to strive with what we cannot avoid; we are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty; he that does this shall be free, safe and quiet; all his actions shall succeed to his wishes. - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Obedience, we may remember, is a part of religion, and therefore an element of peace; but love which includes obedience is the whole. - Dr. George Sewell Heaven doth divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fix'd, as an aim or butt, Obedience. - William Shakespeare I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience. - William Shakespeare Let them obey that knows not how to rule. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Plantagenet, Duke of York at V, i) It fits thee not to ask the reason why: Because we bid it. - William Shakespeare, Pericles Prince of Tyre (Antiochus, King of Antioch at I, i) Displaying page 3 of 4 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4
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