Zitat des Tages über Gehorchen / Obey:
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers for his little Trilby to obey; in their eyes, my career was his creation.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.
Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.
Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.
The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.
There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.
The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a 'natural' level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge technology is available. As this new generation sees it, our tools are evolving faster than the human body, so why obey the limits of mere nature?
Obey the principles without being bound by them.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary.
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
The House of Lords has many fine aspects, but at its heart, it is a betrayal of the core democratic principle that those in the enlightened world hold so dear - that those who make the laws of the land should be elected by those who must obey those laws.
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?