#obedience

The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#holiness #obedience #faith

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

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Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

#disobedience #inclination #natural #natural inclination #whenever

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. ↗

— Douglas Bader

#guidance #men #obedience #rules #wise

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. ↗

— Bruno Bettelheim

#best #enhances #given #make #may

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#blessed #christian #christianity #disciple #divine

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#call #final #government #i #leadership

By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#before #born #bring #children #disobedience

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#chooses #civil #civil disobedience #disobedience #effect

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#civil #civil disobedience #disobedience #first #justice