Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than read more

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, read more

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we read more

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.

There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.