Authority Quote by Wangechi Mutu

The voice of authority speaks not for the one but for the many; authority figures have a strong and rapid effect on social norms…

— Maria Konnikova

To have power is to have authority, to have authority is to have a voice, use it for the right reasons, and not for…

— Noel Casillas

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

— Brandon Sanderson

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

In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in,…

— Parker J. Palmer

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

Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.

— Sheryl Sandberg

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

— Anonymous

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

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

“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

Power is the ability to translate, that is, to shift from one level of attention to another.

— Frederick Lenz