Quotes having the keyword Obey
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
by Theodore Roosevelt (President, American , born in 1858) keywords: above, any, ask, below, him, law, man, nor, obey , permission Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
by Donald Rumsfeld (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: aspects, automatically, considered, directives, disagree, hasn, issue, key, obey, presidential , suspect Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
by Marilyn vos Savant (Writer, American , born in 1946) keywords: although, disadvantage, english, great, know, language, obey, person, rules, spoken, thoroughly , written The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.
by Morrie Schwartz (Educator, American , born in 1916) keywords: any, anyone, big, choose, determine, how, little, must, obey, society, things, think, those, value , yourself An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
by William Tecumseh Sherman (Soldier , born in 1970) keywords: armed, army, change, collection, every, impairs, man, men, obey, obliged, principle, rules, weakens , which 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.
by Joshua Slocum (Explorer, Canadian , born in 1844) keywords: account, diligence, into, laws, neptune, obey, overseas, sailed, schooling, some, studied, taken, these, tried, were, where, while, worth , years The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him.
by Gerrit Smith (Politician, American , born in 1797) keywords: also, forbidden, god, him, his, marriage, obey, reading, respect, seen, slave, southern, studying, word , would It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
by Sophocles (Playwright , Greek) keywords: administered, among, base, command, does, fear, firm, laws, man, never, obey, stand, state, thing, those , well There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.
by Ellen Terry (Actor, English , born in 1847) keywords: before, between, circle, departure, difference, eccentric, know, learned, must, neglect, obey, recognised, rules, skill, them, through, training, understanding, want, where , world You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.
by Aiden Wilson Tozer (Clergyman, American , born in 1897) keywords: anywhere, god, him, love, mind, obey, see, set , your Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.
by Barbara Tuchman (Historian, American , born in 1912) keywords: bureaucratic, capricious, demands, discipline, easy, enough, form, habit, idiotic, obey, orders, plain , reasonable The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.
by Lemuel K. Washburnkeywords: courts, cruel, divorce, foolish, grave, her, husband, more, notion, obey, sent, than, wife , women While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: claim, combatants, command, conduct, conventions, failing, fighters, had, initial, laws, legal, lost, obey, obeying, pow, protection, responsible, standards, status, structure, taliban, under, uniforms, war, wearing , while Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
by Xun Zi (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: achieve, changed, conventions, courtesy, first, guided, humility, instructions, obey, observe, only, order, person, principles, ritual, rules, should, society, teacher, then , therefore
