Goals Quote by Robert W. Fuller

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

— Brandon Sanderson

“We also began to realize that the profiles that emerged also describe rather accurately many individuals who seek positions of power in fields of…

— Andrzej Lobaczewski

“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

Many people confuse authority and the power of efficiency, as if the first role of people with responsibility is to take decisions, command effectively…

— Jean Vanier

“Discipline 'makes' individuals; it is the specific technique of a power that regards individuals both as objects and as instruments of its exercise. It…

— Michel Foucault

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Richie Norton

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political…

— James F. Cooper

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

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

— James Hunter

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority…

— Rupert Everett

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