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Obedience: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. III. Sec. 4. Memb. 1. Subsec. 2.

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of some day or other being allowed to command.— CICERO — On the Laws. Bk. III. Pt. III.

'Tis the same, with common natures, Use 'em kindly, they rebel, But, be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey you well.— AARON HILL — Verses written on a

Window in a Journey to Scotland. . I find the doing of the will of God, leaves me no time for disputing about His plans— GEORGE MACDONALD — The Marquis of Lossie. Ch. LXXII.

Obedience is the key to every door.— GEORGE MACDONALD — The Marquis of Lossie. Ch. LIII.

Ascend, I follow thee, safe guide, the path of Thou lead'st me, and to the hand of heav'n heav'n submit.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. XI. L. 371.

Son of Heav'n and Earth, , Attend! That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. V. L. 519.

Obedience decks the Christian most.— SCHILLER — Fight with the Dragon.

Bowring's trans. It fits thee not to ask the reason why, Because we bid it.— Shakespeare — Pericles. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 157.

Let them obey that know not how to rule.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act V. Sc. L. 6.

One so small Who knowing nothing knows but to obey.— TENNYSON — Idylls of the King. Guinevere. L. 183.

Qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse. He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.— CICERO — De Legibus. III. 2.

Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit. The man who has lost his purse will go wherever you wish.— HORACE — Epistolæ. II. 2. 40.