Authority Quote by James Hunter

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 the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

— James Cromwell

Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

— Robert Greene

Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to…

— Pope John XXIII

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

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

— Johnny Hunt

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 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

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Brandon Sanderson

“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