Maria Edgeworth Quotes

Obedience is the key to every door.

Obedience completes itself in understanding.

My duty is to obey orders.

To the table or to bed, you must come when you are bid.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.

I follow the roles.

One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.

The rules are there for a reason.

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

Obedience sums up our entire duty.

Discipline must be maintained.

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.

If every one said orders were impossible to carry out when they were received where would you be? Where would we all be if you just said, "Impossible," when orders came?

Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

I've always taken direction pretty well.

When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

In the military you do not get points for creativity. You get points for obedience.

Those who can, must obey.

I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders.