Accepted Quote by D. A. Carson

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

— William P. Young

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

— George Carlin

Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to…

— Herman Kahn

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

— James Cromwell

Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation…

— Erich Fromm

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and…

— Federica Montseny

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

— James Hunter

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.

— Johnny Hunt

“When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters - first and foremost - how they behave. This is called…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.

— A. C. Benson

Authority is granted to people who are perceived as authoring their own words, their own actions, their own lives, rather than playing a scripted…

— Parker J. Palmer

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

— Max Stirner