Authority Quotes · Page 27

The Palestinian Authority has become the biggest terror body in the world.

— Naftali Bennett

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

— James Hunter

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

— Paul Tillich

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority.

— Wilhelm Ostwald

“Probation? How amusing. Probation would imply a source of authority.”

— Kami Garcia

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.

— Hugh Lofting

As a believer just because you gain more fame or authority doesn't mean anything, this means you have more feet to wash

— Andy Stanley

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

— C. S. Lewis

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the…

— Hannah Arendt

Tempered intuition is more than beneficial. It's usually critical to resolving gray area problems. In other words, in the end, these problems…

— Joseph Badaracco

The idea of God is the type and foundation of the principle of authority and absolutism, which it is our task to…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we…

— Shakti Gawain

2008 was to the American economy what 9/11 was to national security. Yet while 9/11 prompted the U.S. government to tear up…

— Matt Taibbi

Even before Plato, techne was conceived as knowledge of a determinate field that could be mastered by "the expert". Such a person…

— David Roochnik

There can be no more reliable authority on earth than God's Word, the Bible. This timeless, trustworthy source of truth holds the…

— Charles R. Swindoll

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our…

— Tony Snow

The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and…

— Henry Clay

For openers, marriage is neither a matter of politics, nor is it a matter of social policy. Marriage is defined by the…

— Lance B. Wickman

Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His…

— Charles Hodge

Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness,…

— Walter Lippmann

The last image created in verse four of this hymn, ["Come, O Thou Glorious King"] that of the promised Messiah coming into…

— Eric D. Huntsman

Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard…

— Baltasar Gracian

Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of…

— Alexander Hamilton

The use of the word royalty, as fee to a proprietor for the exploitation of a work or property, derives from the…

— Elgin Groseclose

“You have authority in your mouth, hence don't need to be afraid; but rather positively affirm!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

— Alan Moore

It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.

— Scott Lynch

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough…

— Hannah Arendt

The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.

— Nikolai Gogol

“Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception”

— Brandon Sanderson

In spite of the fact that at times I would challenge parents authority. They provided unconditional love.

— George W. Bush

The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law.

— Caspar David Friedrich

District court judges have exceeded their authority and inserted themselves in national policy debates where they don't belong.

— Jon Husted

In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

— Hyman Rickover

When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.

— Margaret Benson

Definition of Trust: Giving someone the authority to destroy you completely, but having the confidence that they would never do it.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The Son of Man has authority over whatever has you paralyzed. Get up and walk.

— Beth Moore

Authority that is not confirmed by true reason seems weak. Whereas true reason does not need to be confirmed by any authority.

— Johannes Scotus Eriugena