Authority Quotes

Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.

My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and tolerated for the sake of learning and growth.

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time.

The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.

... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.

In the eyes of authority - and maybe rightly so - nothing looks more like a terrorist than the ordinary man.

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

Authentic Christian Preaching carries a note of authority and a demand for decisions not found elsewhere in society.

Until we stand in a place where we have met God, we have no authority to change a Nation

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

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 from.

Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture

I am an anarch – not because I despise authority, but because I need it. Likewise, I am not a nonbeliever, but a man who demands something worth believing in.

Ladies, if you want a happy marriage, then do whatever your husband tells you without questioning his authority.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

The fundamental force behind the Second Amendment is to empower the people and give them the greatest measure of authority over the tyranny of runaway government.

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is to deliver. Without great tribulation, there is no great illumination.

I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.

You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority, and control – your mind and your mouth.

To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.

In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

The first foundation for the creation of authority is always provided by popularity.

I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.

Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life.

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.