Obedient Quotations

All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.

The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain.

As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was the pretty, obedient one. And Amy was the adventurous mischief-maker.

In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient.

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.

Fixate your love on Him, be obedient to God's word, and don't seek the glory of this world. In doing these things, God will exalt you in this earth and you won't have to sacrifice your soul for earthly crowns that will fade.

This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.

We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the body's help and service, is better disposed for the service and praise of our Creator and Lord.

I am extremely square and obedient in nature!

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. I was an obedient girl, and humor was my one form of rebellion. I used comedy to deflect. Like, 'Hey, check out my zit!' - you know, making fun of yourself before someone else has a chance to.

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.

The last thing the devil wants you to do is be an obedient Christian.

The perfect man in Eden therefore was rich, and such riches he might have possessed forever had he continued obedient to his Creator.

What! he who is obedient during hours of the night, prostrating himself and standing, takes care of the hereafter and hopes for the mercy of his Lord! Say: Are those who know and those who do not know alike? Only the men of understanding are mindful.

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.

Only the believing obey, only the obedient believe

How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.

What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home with the wife or the kids giving him endless headaches, then it's hard for that person to enjoy a long life. I am very fortunate, because my wife Elizabeth and my obedient children are very good; they have given me happiness.

Now that I look back, I realize that 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 need to think.

I was just being obedient to what my parents saw in me. I was more interested in the things the women in my family, my mom, grandmother and aunt were all about: homemaking and cooking and housekeeping. I wanted to be a housewife and mom.

Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.

It's entertaining, ... I've learned that the dogs are not always as obedient as you think they would be. They do get distracted. It's all fun to watch.

It's such an obedient way to be for a woman, to try to keep yourself in top shape, to follow all the rules and hope that will get you a measure of stability or happiness. That's part of the affluent suburban dream: to do everything perfectly in a long-winded way, to try to fulfill all the requirements.

I've had a great time. I've had a great career and I've obviously had a very radical conversion in my life. It's very tangible. It's very real. It allowed me and enabled me to become the person that I couldn't on my own. Which is the most powerful part of this whole equation for me. And now I want to do whatever I'm supposed to do to continue to be obedient to that.

They were afraid if the children were not very obedient they would get in trouble with white people for being uppity or being too agressive. So they were very, very strict. I would say today that we don't need to beat our children.

Because he was obedient and said, 'Yes,' God took him out of that dairy barn and literally took him around the world.

Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit

There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.

My worst work happens when I get obedient.

You can train the dog to do that ... crawl and go out to rescue someone. The dogs are very smart but not as obedient as in they are in the movie.

God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.

The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option

Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.

When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it.