obeyed

Meaning

of Obey

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Kahlil Gibran

And God said "Love Your Enemy." And I obeyed him and loved myself. Kahlil Gibran

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Let it be obeyed but not enforced. Colonial Proverb

No man commands ably unless he has himself obeyed discipline. Latin Proverb

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. (Francis Bacon) English Proverb

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