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Obedience Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “If your mind dislike anything obey it.”

William Shakespeare

Mind, Intuition, Obedience, Dislike, Decision

2. “I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.”

William Shakespeare

Choice, Will, Daughter, Father, Obedience

3. “Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Law, Obedience, Society, Governance, Justice

4. “I just want to do God’s will.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith, Purpose, Obedience, Morality, Devotion

5. “If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, ‘I am.’ To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him.”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Faith, Understanding, Philosophy, Divine

6. “There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Free Will, Faith, Choices, Reflection

7. “The full acting out of the self’s surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey, in the absence, or in the teeth, of inclination.”

C.S. Lewis

Surrender, Pain, Faith, Reflection, Obedience

8. “Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Freedom, Reflection, Unity, Humility

9. “Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.”

C.S. Lewis

Authority, Humility, Reflection, Obedience, Life

10. “I was not born to be free – I was born to adore and obey.”

C.S. Lewis

Freedom, Obedience, Purpose, Spirituality, Devotion

11. “Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.”

C.S. Lewis

Faith, Obedience, Spiritual warfare, Doubt, Perseverance

12. “Obedience is the key that opens every door.”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Freedom, Spirituality, Access, Purpose

13. “Aslan’s instructions always work; there are no exceptions.”

C.S. Lewis

Faith, Obedience, Reliability, Truth, Authority

14. “Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Faith, Divine plan, Choices, Consequences

15. “You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.”

C.S. Lewis

Obedience, Love, Faith, Action, Relationships

16. “Always obey your parents. When they are present. This is the best policy in the long run. Because if you don’t, they will make you.”

Mark Twain

Parents, Obedience, Humor, Youth, Irony

17. “Always obey your parents – when they are present.”

Mark Twain

Obedience, Parents, Humor, Advice, Irony

18. “He loved Big Brother.”

George Orwell

Control, Obedience, Authority, Irony, Loyalty

19. “Right thinking will be rewarded, wrong thinking punished.”

George Orwell

Control, Obedience, Society, Punishment, Conformity

20. “Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.”

George Orwell

Obedience, Power, Control, Pain, Domination

21. “Always yell with the crowd, that’s what I say. It’s the only way to be safe.”

George Orwell

Conformity, Safety, Crowd, Obedience, Society

22. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

George Orwell

Truth, Perception, Control, Manipulation, Obedience

23. “Napoleon is always right.”

George Orwell

Authority, Control, Leadership, Ideology, Obedience

24. “He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Self-Control, Obedience, Command, Discipline, Philosophy

25. “He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Obedience, Self, Authority, Individuality, Freedom

26. “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.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Obedience, Life, Purpose, Existence, Meaning