Bob Goff Quotes

Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.

Slaves, obey your masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.

We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom.

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

When the Lord sent me forth into the world, He forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low.

Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

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 believe that God wants us to show respect.

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.

If you see from your rulers what you hate, hate the action they do but do not rebel against them You should listen and obey them even if the ruler smites your back and takes your wealth.

Ye must hear them and obey their orders: it is on them to be just and good, and on you to be obedient and submissive.

Kiss the hand you cannot bite.

If you bow at all, bow low.

I have no need of learned men. I want faithful subjects. Be such: that is your duty.

Better to be in the dust than crawl near the throne.

I fear no one; beg from no one except my God to whom I submit and from whom I receive all bounties. My Prophet is my grandfather; my Imam is my father and my religion is sincerity and justice

For you must both of you bear in mind that you remain still, as really and truly as ever, your master's property, and therefore it will be justly expected, both by God and man, that you behave and conduct yourselves as obedient and faithful servants.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.