Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
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.
The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I go to prison, God will not change his law of celestial marriage.
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5. 3. 25-28).
I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
There is an awesome God of justice who is ready to move in power if you move in obedience.
Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.
Whistleblowing constitutes a nice test case for the evaluation of loyalty. Loyalty also appears at the intersection of many major philosophical debates: general ones such as those between consequentialism and deontology, reason and feeling, virtue and principle, as well as more specific ones such as nationalism and patriotism, morality and obedience, particularism and universalism.
Obedience sets a woman apart, fills her with life, permits her to be God-blessed.
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.
Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.
One of the greatest fruits of obedience is bold confidence in prayer.
Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him.
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.
It’s the quiet life of obedience that will earn a hearing
Complete happiness lies in obedience to Allāh, and anguish is found in disobedience to Him and opposition against Him.
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
If you have nothing of the spirit of prayer, nothing of the love of the brotherhood, nothing of mortifying the spirit of the world, nothing of growth in grace, of cordial, habitual, persevering obedience to the Divine commands, how can it be that you have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ?