#obey

I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved, and that pursuit is writing. This means, conveniently enough, that I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#considered #conveniently #destiny #enough #ever

Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people. ↗

— Al Green

#comes #fairness #i #obeying #people

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#body #bold #breaking #contracts #curve

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#consists #impulses #knowing #living #made

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

#doubt #fool #going #greatest #greatest obstacle

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#miss #obey #rules #you

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. ↗

— Herodotus

#consent #giving #good #good advice #obey

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#commanded #must #obeyed

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#breaking #get #i #law #learned

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it. ↗

— Ugo Betti

#anyway #bit #business #free #free will