Authority Quotes

It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.

My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

We have to recognize that there is a Palestinian entity, that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority has to run their life.

Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.

Helena, like many women who ruled their own lives, adored being told what to do when there was no obligation to follow the advice given.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory.

People usually have to be dragged kicking and screaming into what’s good for them.

God is all powerful.God is mighty.God is has power over all rulers and authorities.

He who neglects the true Sovereign God neglects his own true authority and freedom!

We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.

Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people with your purpose.

Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.

Brent had a love-hate relationship with the Government. He hated what it had become over the years and loved to make an issue about it.

There is no higher authority.

Yes, Dad collared me before I was even born. Nevertheless, he made me the one in authority of the collar and myself.

when you get to the peak, remember the valley exists

God gave man the authority to rule and protect all the animals in the aquatic ecosystems.

All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority

until he who possesses sapience comes, the one with knowledge shall be the hero

There is more for us to gain through love than hate.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have.

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

Mere talents does not give glory to God but a humble heart.

How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.

Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.

Some think that authority over the devil belongs to only a few chosen people to whom God has given special power. It doesn’t

We receive the authority when we are born again. As we are made new creatures in Christ Jesus, we inherit the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can use it in prayer against the enemy.

There’s no sin problem. Jesus settled that. There’s just a sinner problem. Get the sinner to Jesus, and that cures the problem.

We must have this spirit of wisdom and revelation of Christ and His Word if we are to grow. It is not going to be imparted to us through our intellect, either. The Holy Spirit must unveil it to us.

Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.

The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.

A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.

The one who love power becomes dictator and one who admires power becomes slave.

The moment you begin to see yourself as GOD sees you, it gives you permission, authority and the audacity to become what you see through His eyes.

And you are going to close the gates, because I told you to close the gates.

Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.

A spiritual reinterpretation of events gives us miraculous authority to command the winds, to part the waters, and to break all chains that bind us.

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.

When you begin to do what matters most to you, you let go of preconceived notions of who you are which have been fostered by others and start creating the person you most want to be.

Authority is established by God for the wellbeing of His people

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

In every nation’s history time comes to behave like wild horses, to refuse any kind of authority which tries to eliminate your freedom!

Zen gives you tremendous dignity. There is no authority anywhere. Freedom is utter and ultimate.

Each year, more responsibility and freedom (they are companions) must be given to the child so that the final release in early adulthood is merely a small, final release of authority.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.