Authority Quotes · Page 25

Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.

— Plutarch

“true authority came from sharing the hard work, not attempting to place oneself above it.”

— John Flanagan

If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you.

— William A. Dembski

It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural…

— John L. Dagg

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

— Anonymous

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

— James Hunter

It's time for a new Reformation in the Church--to call the Church back to the authority of the Word of God, beginning…

— Ken Ham

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

— John Ruskin

I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to…

— Abbie Hoffman

You should not put too much trust in any unproved conjecture, even if it has been propounded by a great authority, even…

— George Polya

Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending…

— Bertrand Russell

The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice…

— John Lahr

It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free,…

— Mitali Perkins

Ballet is the body rising. Ballet is ceremonial and hieratic. Its disdain for the commonplace material world is the source of its…

— Camille Paglia

All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions of the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men…

— Baron d'Holbach

A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan…

— Moshe Dayan

Another reform I'm proposing is the passage of legislation named for Detective Michael Davis and Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver, two law enforcement…

— Donald Trump

It is a mistake to believe that science consists in nothing but conclusively proved propositions, and it is unjust to demand that…

— Sigmund Freud

Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Great Depression was not a sign of the failure of monetary policy or a result of the failure of the market…

— Milton Friedman

“One of them is a very familiar personage. Her name is “Mother Church.” She is, in many ways, an admirable and dedicated…

— Rosemary Haughton

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend…

— Albert Einstein

“If time and fear aren’t enough to dissuade people from their revenge, then there’s always authority, softly shaking its head and saying,…

— Jonathan Nolan

Dodge v. Ford still stands for the legal principal that managers and directors have a legal duty to put the shareholders' interests…

— Joel Bakan

Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients.

— Lewis Howes

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built.

— Erich Fromm

“Morals; the pathetic answer to authority Seen two gorillas sharing a banana?”

— M. COCHET M

We've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.

— Eric Metaxas

The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.

— Thomas Hooker

It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth.

— Ezra Furman

I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“When am I going to learn to stop questioning authority and just eat the Soylent Green?”

— Red Tash

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

— Mahmoud Abbas

Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

— John Calvin

When we pray in the name of Jesus, we carry the authority of heaven.

— Eric Ludy

“meaning and authority. For no matter what our will says, we can always make it say something else.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

— Kim Young-sam

As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority.

— Tom Gjelten

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

— Eleanor Catton

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time.

— Kirk Cameron