A Quote by Andrew Marvell

How fit he is to sway That can so well obey.

Andrew Marvell

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Andrew Marvell
English - Writer
March 31, 1621 - August 16, 1678

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

Matthew Prior

[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

Daniel Defoe

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.

Aristotle

'Singin' in the Rain' was the one for me. Yeah. I mean, Gene Kelly could just sway and never fall. He'd just sway and sway as he danced.

Vanessa Paradis

Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. He is not a lover who does not love for ever.

Euripides

In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.

Alexander Pope

It is not nearly so important how well a message is received as how well it is sent. You cannot take responsibility for how well another accepts your truth; you can only ensure how well it is communicated. And by how well, I don't mean merely how clearly; I mean how lovingly, how compassionately, how sensitively, how courageously, and how completely.

Neale Donald Walsch

Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.

Arianna Huffington

How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.

Timothy Keller

Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands.

Matt Haig

...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.

Sophie Kinsella

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Thomas Hobbes

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Solon

Learn and obey the rules very well so you will know how to break them properly.

Dalai Lama

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.