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Each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then you are without excuse ... — John Geddes

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. — Simon Sinek

Your lifelong rebellion against all forms of authority stems from the infant's desire to murder the father and possess the mother. — Donald O'Donovan

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform. — Lewis Black

There's a lot of ignorance in our business ... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding. — Robert Duvall

Whenever man touches God's delegated authority he touches God within that person; sinning against delegated authority is sinning against God. — Watchman Nee

It's time for a new Reformation in the Church
to call the Church back to the authority of the Word of God, beginning in Genesis. — Ken Ham

When you find the church you're supposed to be in, you will recognize the pastor's voice as an important spiritual authority in your life. — Stormie O'martian

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority. — A. C. Benson

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them. — Pierre Corneille

The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I think it's a good idea to always question authority, but don't judge, have empathy towards your fellow man. — Bobby Blaze Smedley

Public circulation is what renders something a quotation. It's quotable because it's been quoted, and its having been quoted gives it authority. — Louis Menand

One has to bear in mind that one of the tactics of revolution is to destroy one's predecessors in authority at any cost or hazard. — Herbert Hoover

Another person's thoughts about you are outside of your jurisdiction; you have no authority. — Bryant McGill

I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own Word. — Billy Graham

If there's anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out. — Kin Hubbard

Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority. — John Darnielle

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture. — Mark Dever

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned. — Daniel Ellsberg

Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance. — Lois Capps

He was now probably the world's leading authority on the greatest explorer of all time, — Arthur C. Clarke

Worry is a subtle way of telling God that He's fallen asleep at the wheel and that things aren't under His authority, but ours. — Margaret Feinberg

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. — R.C. Sproul

He knew that even his own father's authority was fragile and restricted - a king did not possess true freedom but was imprisoned by his position. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce

Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way. — Deniz Gamze Erguven

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright. — Vera Nazarian

I'm not a person who likes authority. I just love the fact that it's up to me, and I go straight to the audience. — Rita Rudner

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority. — Max Anders

Spiritual authority is the direct result of God doing a greater work in the deeper areas of a leader's life. — Gary Rohrmayer

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

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis. — Erich Fromm

'But even I know that in your line of work, there's a difference between being a volunteer and being volun-told.' — T.J. Klune

It is a lifelong choice to deliberately and habitually bring ourselves under God's authority. — K.P. Yohannan

This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people. — Henry Seymour Conway

There must be an authority, and we believe that the most qualified authority in a household is the man's. — Jean-Marie Le Pen

Scripture carries God's authority, the highest authority, because Scripture is God's very own Word. — Anonymous

Speaking for George Will, on whose thinking I am world's foremost authority, I say: not necessarily. The heavy hitters do have heavy responsibilities. — George F. Will

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal. — Hunter S. Thompson

All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority. — George Will

It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire — John L. Dagg

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing. — James M. Kouzes

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. — Tupac Shakur

True authority is not based on control - it's based on truth ... — John Geddes

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me. — Ulysses S. Grant

God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness — Sunday Adelaja

For that was mom's trump card: she was the mother, and so possessed a mysterious and unquestioned authority. Dad was the boss, but Mom was the power. — Joyce Carol Oates

A Liberal authority is someone or something that earns society's respect through making things happen that unify society and suppress its enemy. — Jonathan Haidt

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured. — William Shakespeare

Give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister, - Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As — Charles Dickens

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned ... either upon an art, or upon a man. — Francis Bacon

For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority. — John Dryden

I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people. — V.S. Naipaul

No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion. — John Wycliffe

Authority can be faked. That's why impersonating a police officer is a crime. Sometimes the outward appearances of authority can be deceiving. — John Ortberg

It is a question of will, Mr. Wells," he said, striving to imbue his slurred voice with a tone of authority. "That's all. — Felix J. Palma

Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm's Human Resources department. — Alain De Botton

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. — Criss Jami

her the legal authority — Deborah S. Layton

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. — Gloria Steinem

For intellectual authority, the appropriate version of Descartes 's cogito would be today: I am talked about, therefore I am. — Zygmunt Bauman

There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice. — Plutarch

What you need is sustained outrage ... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority. — Molly Ivins

Is his benevolent art meant to distract us from Prospero's absolutist exercise of authority over his subjects? — James Shapiro

It's hard to have any moral authority over a group of drunken college students when you have never had a beer and never been laid. — Tom Green

Your authority as a believer comes from Jesus's triumph over the enemy. — Pedro Okoro

When Christian leaders dare to invade with authority the devil's domain with kingdom attitude, people listen — Sunday Adelaja

It's hard to keep passing myself off as a grown-up when a piece of me is still six years old and utterly at the mercy of authority. — Sue Grafton

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

When it comes to holdouts, there's a presupposition that the player is some angry rebel who's defying authority and only cares about the money. — Leigh Steinberg

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself. — John Bevere

God is hidden in vocations that bear authority. But that puts the pressure on human beings exercise that authority to act with God's justice and grace — Gene Edward Veith Jr.

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. — Eleanor Catton

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority. — Joel Edgerton

I suppose if there's a set of genes I have, it's detesting authority. — Craig Venter

It's utterly infuriating, the number of people I've encountered in my life who claimed to be the authority on God's will. — Rae Carson

Presidents don't make new friends. That's why they've got to keep their old ones. Adm. Fitzwallace — Aaron Sorkin

What is it about me that gets them all crying? It's not the end of the world. — Diane Samuels

I would write a scientific paper with the devil, if it was on high temperatures. The fellow's probably an authority. — Henry Eyring

Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right. — L. Frank Baum

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans. — Beth Moore

His voice carried authority the way Ben & Jerry's carries calories. — Stephen White

Once you've discounted your own moral authority, once you've undermined your own country's moral self-confidence, you cannot lead. — Anonymous

Catholic school is similar to apartheid in that it's ruthlessly authoritarian, and its authority rests on a bunch of rules that don't make any sense. — Trevor Noah

Believers infiltrate the enemy's territory with knowledge and power. — Sherry K. White

Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there. — Stephenie Meyer

You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity. — Marijane Meaker

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it. — Nicolas Cage

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. — Sun Tzu

God's Word not only gives authority to one's ministry; it provides a solid foundation for one's life. — Billy Graham

If one attains awareness of own's own Self's authority [power], even for a moment, he can become a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Self). — Dada Bhagwan

A strong new presence in poetry ... Kei Miller's is a voice we will hear much more of, for it speaks and sings with rare confidence and authority. — Lorna Goodison

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. — Dalai Lama

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel. — Harry S. Truman

God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings. — Edward T. Welch

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams

When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

On Aditya, such would be unthinkable; on Aditya, everybody respects authority. Whether it's respectable or not. — H. Beam Piper

I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. — Callie Khouri