Authority Quotes · Page 15

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

— Hu Shih

Authority to heal is given from on high.

— Ernest Angley

Authority figures always attract trouble

— Anonymous

“Authority and dominion without relationship is ridiculous”

— Apostle Louis Gordon Jr

“You want an apology because I disciplined you? Absolutely...not!”

— Steven Magee

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.

— John Piper

“Think for yourself. Question authority.”

— Timothy Leary

Respect authority while questioning it.

— Randy Pausch

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

— Bertrand Russell

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

— Amy Chua

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.

— Clare Short

We have to hate our immediate predecessors, to get free from their authority.

— D. H. Lawrence

We do not sit in authority over the Scripture, the Scripture sits in authority over us.

— Steven J Lawson

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

— Charles de Gaulle

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.

— Craig Groeschel

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

— Anne Bradstreet

Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.

— Simon Sinek

To have a pure heart, we must submit all thoughts to the authority of Christ. If we are willing to do that,…

— Max Lucado

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for…

— Charles Kimball

As far as the opposition to Jayalalitha was concerned, it was that she was misusing authority for personal corruption, denying people their…

— Subramanian Swamy

“Some think that authority over the devil belongs to only a few chosen people to whom God has given special power. It…

— Kenneth E. Hagin

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of…

— Chris Hayes

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't…

— George Carlin

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman…

— Albert Einstein

“In order to get over the ethical difficulties presented by the naive naturalism of many parts of those Scriptures, in the divine…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think…

— Anonymous

You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children…

— Roy Masters

For all the textbook reasons - any individual's reading of a photograph is preceded by the evidential authority of the medium. You…

— Bill Henson

“ 'And it means naught to you to obey your father's orders? Where is your fealty?' Christian felt his face flush with…

— Eli Easton

Mindfulness is the primary tool in that we get a little space between ourselves and the thoughts and then we actually can…

— Mark Coleman

How apostles are received is a key measuring stick as to how the Lord will release blessings or judgments on a territory.…

— Chuck Pierce

[I]t is contrary to the economy of God for any member of the Church, or any one, to receive instruction for those…

— Sam Smith

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

— Anonymous

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

— Dalai Lama

It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own…

— Billy Graham

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

— Stendhal

“Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition.”

— Susan C. Young

The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system.

— Henry Paulson

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!

— Loren Cunningham