Charlotte Bronte Quotes

It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

I wasn't that kid where if you told me 'No,' I was just going to do it anyway.

Don't tell me to watch the beat. You watch me.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger.

As a teenager, I was perpetually grounded. I was stubborn rather than rebellious.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.

I cannot stand authority.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

I could never take orders from anyone.

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

Nobody obeys my instructions.

I don't curtsy to Frank Sinatra and I'm not going to curtsy to a fucking king.