Francis Quarles Quotes About Obedience

Quotes about: Obedience

• Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.

  Francis Quarles

  Kings, Obedience, Highways

• Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions.

  Francis Quarles

  Religious, Action, Obedience

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.85

• Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he is a tender twig, straighten him; whilst he is a new vessel, season him; such as thou makest him, such commonly shall thou find him. Let his first lesson be obedience and his second shall be what thou wilt.

  Francis Quarles

  Children, Understanding, Frost

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