“He that cannot obey cannot command.”
“he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander”
“Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.”
“I know but one word ...Obedience! I know how a soldier will obey an order...even to death. I cannot expect to look JESUS CHRIST in the face and obey HIM less than a soldier his commander.”
“Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, 'Now you know you cannot do that; you are so infirm, you cannot concentrate your mind,' etc. Never allow bodily infirmities to hinder you obeying the commands of Jesus.”
“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”