obey

• So for him to command and for them to obey, and to aim after even so wide and wonderful an attainment as perfecting like God's was the most natural thing in the world. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• If you do not obey, and if habitually you keep the plant with all its buds picked off one after another as they begin to form, you will kill it sooner or later. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• We Germans obey, that is all. —  Lorraine A romance
• "First I'll repeat your own warning--obey orders if you want to live. —  The Misplaced Battleship
• Says a recent writer: "It is certain that we are naturally inclined to obey, conflicts and resistance are the characteristics of some rare individuals; but between admitting this and saying that we are doomed to obey--even the least of us--lies a gulf." —  Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use

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