Authority Quotes · Page 6

Activism is moral authority in redemptive liberalism.

— Shelby Steele

Experience is the highest authority.

— Carl Rogers

“It is better to serve than be served.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“the authority of Jesus is ultimate, the”

— Lesslie Newbigin

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

— Yugoslavian Proverb

But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.

— Allen Tate

If you delegate authority, you will build leaders.

— Craig Groeschel

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

— Suzy Kassem

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

— Tupac Shakur

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

— Ayelet Shaked

My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.

— Al Gore

I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.

— Sigmund Freud

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

— John Adams

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

— James Hillman

For many immigrant groups, lack of trust in authority is something they actually bring from the countries they come from.

— Kemi Badenoch

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

— Michel de Montaigne

Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic.

— Stephen Colbert

“You are the steer of your God given dreams. By the authority from the Holy Spirit of God, you will able to…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I won’t tell you how I managed to break in, since I don’t want the authorities figuring out, but let’s just say…

— Meg Cabot

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can…

— Sigmund Freud

Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen…

— John Maynard Keynes

I hadn't made that movie before and when I ever met the real Joy Mangano, which happened because De Niro insisted we…

— David O. Russell

I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the…

— David Longstreth

I believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the…

— Jimmy Carter

One of the great compliments paid the Savior was that he taught as one having authority. The missionary who knows scripture and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If a 13 year old girl is pregnant, that is evidence of sexual abuse and that’s supposed to be reported to the…

— Mark Crutcher

Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all…

— Tom Peters

The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our…

— Lord Acton

Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the…

— Walter E. Williams

Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not…

— Ron Paul

Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job…

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé,…

— D. A. Carson

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

[Management] has authority only as long as it performs.

— Peter Drucker

I'm a daredevil. I'm not much for authority or rules.

— Mike Hughes

To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you.

— Rob Payne

Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine.

— John Waters

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one.

— Tristan Bernard

I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.

— Jan Schakowsky