Quotes for All
That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. My gift is obedience. Ella will always be … Read more
The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person. Eric Hoffer
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services; for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue. Epictetus
The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy. But we may be missing the fact that it is here, where we happen to be at this moment and not in another place or another time, that we may … Read more
A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself. Elisabeth Elliot
What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well. Edwin Arnold
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. Edward Sapir
Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. Edward McKendree Bounds
Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers — obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls. Edward Abbey
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The aspin good for staves, the cypress funeral, The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the fir that weepest still, The … Read more