#obeyed

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

— Khalil Gibran

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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. ↗

— Natalie Wood

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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

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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

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If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Never give an order that can't be obeyed. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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