Epic Quote by Caroline Alexander

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

“if the belief or practice is ancient, foreign, and preferably Eastern, it has immediate authority and wisdom.”

— Karen Stollznow

“There is nothing mysterious or natural about authority. It is formed, irradiated, disseminated; it is instrumental, it is persuasive; it has status, it establishes…

— Edward W. Said

“There is no higher authority.”

— Russell T. Davies

“On Aditya, such would be unthinkable; on Aditya, everybody respects authority. Whether it's respectable or not.”

— H. Beam Piper

This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Believing passionately in the palpably not true... is the chief occupation of mankind.”

— H.L. Mencken

“This world is indeed of our ownership, but the authority (over it) is not received. However much cleansing one accomplishes, that is how much…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Moral authority is earned, not given. This is why formal authorities are threatened by moral authorities without position.”

— Richie Norton

“it is a maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by…

— Ron Chernow

“The greatest leaders are those who follow their bliss, fulfill their personal legend, and help others do the same on a daily basis.”

— Sebastien Richard

“On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.”

— Brandon Sanderson