Obedient

o·be·di·ent, adj. [ME.; OFr.; L. obediens, ppr. of obedire; see OBEY], obeying or willing to obey; docile; tractable.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

—Confucius 551–479 B.C.

Confucius was a Chinese writer and philosopher.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a United States writer and poet.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
—Homer (approximate life span) 780–720 B.C.

Homer was a Greek writer and poet, perhaps best know for his epics Iliad and Odyssey.