Authority Quote by Noel Casillas

Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is…

— Jacques Maritain

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

There is a great difference, then, between "power" and "authority." Power refers to one's ability to coerce others (through physical, economic, or other means)…

— Joshua Meyrowitz

To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny…

— Anne Sweeney

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

— Brandon Sanderson

“Don’t mistake me,” Jasnah continued. “Some kinds of power are real—power to command armies, power to Soulcast. These come into play far less often…

— Brandon Sanderson

When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer to the…

— Anonymous

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

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

The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to…

— Al Gini

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

— Max Weber

“And that brings me to my definition of power, which is simply this: the capacity to make others do what you would have them…

— Eric Liu