Top 25 Obedience Quotes of 270 - Page 9

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

Christ, Virtue, Obedience

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

Lifetime, Obedience, Teach

Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.64, Zondervan

When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth.

Richard G. Scott

Answers, Obedience, Grows

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Richard Cecil

God, Character, Obedience

Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt (1857). “Remains and Miscellanies of the Rev. R. Cecil: To which is Prefixed, a View of His Character”, p.244

It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.

Publilius Syrus

Taught, Bitter, Obedience

Whenever the conviction of God's Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is not instant there will come a metallic hardening and a corrupting of the guidance of God.

Oswald Chambers

Spirit, Guidance, Obedience

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life”, p.166, Discovery House

We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.

Michel de Montaigne

Stones, Obedience, Temperance

Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt, Orlando Williams Wight (1866). “Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising his essays, journey into Italy, and letters”, p.80

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Max Anders

Obedience, Portions, Believer

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

Max Anders

Spiritual, Faithful, Obedience

Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.

Martyn

Passion, Love Is, Obedience

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Modesty, Obedience, Worthy

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, De Legibus, III. 2, p. 564, 1922.

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

Mahatma Gandhi

Self, Would Be, Obedience

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Casual obedience and lukewarm commitment weaken faith.

Kevin W. Pearson

Commitment, Obedience, Casual

We admit no faith to be justifying, which is not itself and in its own nature a spiritually vital principle of obedience and good works.

John Owen

Principles, Obedience, Good Work

There is a state of perfect peace with God to be attained under imperfect obedience.

John Owen

Peace, Perfect, Obedience

"The Works of John Owen".

Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.

James E. Faust

Obedience, True Freedom, Liberated

There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would have God work in them. There can be no religion without obedience.

Ichabod Spencer

Waiting, Acting, Obedience

Ichabod Smith Spencer (1856). “A pastor's sketches: or, Conversations with anxious inquirers respecting the way of salvation. With an intr. and ed. notes, by J.A. James”, p.23