Top 1200 Obedience To Authority Quotes & Sayings - Page 19
Explore popular Obedience To Authority quotes.
Last updated on November 14, 2024.
As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern for all authentic humanity renewed by the Spirit of God.
I've studied kings, so I'm very aware of the feet of clay of authority.
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.
It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth.
Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory.
Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.
Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.
Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.
There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.
What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.
Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.
Real conservatives are in favour of all kinds of unelected power and authority.
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
What religion cannot do, GRACE does! Grace empowered obedience beats striving and performing any time!! Every time!!
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.
Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.
The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is a temptation of the enemy; for when God sends an inspiration, the very first effect of it is to infuse a spirit of docility.
Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.
I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.
Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.
Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).
It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.
The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.
I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.
I think most Americans have an innate respect for the police and for their authority.
Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality: saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about a way of life.
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
I've always respected the authority figures in my life, including my coaches.
What destroyed the Republican Party isn't Trump. It's the obedience to Trump from servile leaders like McConnell and Ryan who could have put a check on him. They have gotten their place in political history. They'll be remembered as vile.
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.
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.
Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer.
People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the greatest confidence trick of all time.
Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they can secure it for us in their vaults, or at least insure it against fire and theft. They are mistaken.
We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience.
Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.
Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.
I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.
Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.
True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.
When we demonstrate our faith in God by our obedience, He not only promises to provide for us, He will provide.
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.
Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.
Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life.
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.
Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.
The Palestinian Authority has become the biggest terror body in the world.
God honors obedience, and He has distinct plans for us. I think the dreams that God puts in our hearts, we can fulfill. He's equipped us for that.
If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.
She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.
