Come when you’re called And do as you’re bid; Shut the door after you And you’ll never be chid.
Obey-obedience Quotes
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, it would be a matter of entire indifference to each which service fell to his lot, the post of ruler […]
A life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one’s own need to think.
It is right that what is just should be obeyed; it is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. Justice without might is helpless; might without justice is tyrannical.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
Justice is the insurance we have on our lives, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
Those who know the least obey the best.
Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey.
