Authority Quote by Stanley Milgram

To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

— Dean Acheson

The naked pursuit of power without responsibility often leads to the loss of power and responsibility.

— Tatalo Alamu

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

— Malcolm Forbes

Taking responsibility is the source of authority.

— Yoav Gallant

“Authority in the world is being increasingly undermined until at the end all authorities will be overthrown and lawlessness shall rule.”

— Watchman Nee

The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid…

— Anonymous

Accepting responsibility is the fulcrum point for succeeding at anything.

— Jeffrey Gitomer

When you have once taken up a responsibility, you must see it through.

— Rabindranath Tagore

We have the authority to take action, ... But responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how…

— Janet Reno

Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Don’t Give Someone Responsibility without Requisite Authority”

— Miles Anthony Smith