1,121 Quotes About Authority

There is an interplay between great leadership, events, trends, the organization, the people in it, the market 'out there' that goes far beyond one person exercising their will over others. That's not what leadership is any more.

Delegation is not a binary thing. There are shades of grey between a dictatorship and an anarchy.

Stupidity is most often concealed by education, fame, adulthood, beauty, affluence, popularity, sexiness, old age, authority, and a suit.

The ultimate gift we can give the world is to grow our tiny humans into adult humans who are independent thinkers, compassionate doers, conscious questioners, radical innovators, and passionate peacemakers. Our world doesn't need more adults who blindly serve the powerful because they've been trained to obey authority without question. Our world needs more adults who question and challenge and hold the powerful accountable.

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

Our combat with the devil always should be with the consciousness that we have authority always should be with the consciousness that we have authority over him because he is a defeated foe – the Lord Jesus Christ defeated him for us.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.