Frighten People Into Obedience Quotes & Sayings

Well, I'm not as lucky as you to have this every day. — Wendy Mass

It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and I like the taste of metal — Robert Downey Jr.

The appetite for thinking must be regulated, as all sensible people know, for it may stifle one's life. — Susan Sontag

To be honest, I just want to go somewhere where I can wear a white Speedo. — Johnny Weir

Mixing obedience to law as a way to merit God's favor is the exact opposite of salvation by God's free grace through faith in Jesus Christ. I myself grew up in a church that preached 80 percent law and 20 percent Jesus. The leaders believed there needed to be some law added to their message; otherwise, how would they frighten people into obedience and submission? But this legal foundation brings only condemnation and fear, because should you die unexpectedly, who knows if you had obeyed perfectly enough to go to heaven? — Jim Cymbala

The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we made short work of all other opponents, and established the record, never since broken, of winning a first-class tournament within fifty days of landing in India. — Winston Churchill