The KEY to disciplining ourselves in the area of obedience is always keeping in mind to whom we are being obedient.
Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.
Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence of sincere and supreme love to him.
The people are urged to be patriotic. . . by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, brother, sister.
I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.
Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.
Through obedience learn to command.
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
Complete happiness lies in obedience to Allāh, and anguish is found in disobedience to Him and opposition against Him.
Faith is obedience, nothing else.
Obedience is a hard profession.
But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.
Our love for Christ is more important to Him than all of our service to Him. Strict obedience and services are not enough. Love for Jesus must come first.
Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.
My responsibility is to obey, to surrender my heart and to yield myself to the will of God. It is in the process of obedience that we gain understanding. You can’t get the peace that passes understanding until you give up your right to understand.
Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience.
You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.
Obedience does not consist in paying God back and thus turning grace into a trade. Obedience comes from trusting in God for more grace - future grace - and thus magnifying the infinite resources of God's love and power.
If you want to change people's obedience then you must change their imagination.
The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him