--BURKITT.
No principle is more noble, as there is none more holy, than that of a
true obedience.--HENRY GILES.
"His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain,
Unless He does in our affections reign.
How fond it were to wish for such a King,
And no obedience to his sceptre bring,
Whose yoke is easy, and His burthen light;
His service freedom, and His judgments right.
--WALLER.
Obedience, we may remember, is a part of religion, and therefore an
element of peace; but love which includes obedience is the
whole.--GEORGE SEWELL.
The virtue of Christianity is obedience.--J.C. HARE.
Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable
to God than every other sacrifice.--METASTASIO.
OBSTINACY.--Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the
wrong.--MADAME NECKER.
People first abandon reason, and then become obstinate; and the deeper
they are in error the more angry they are.--BLAIR.
An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him.--POPE.
Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their
suffering and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first
wound is mortal.--THOMAS PAINE.
Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily
believe beyond what we see.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of
stupidity.--BARTON.
OCCUPATION.
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