1,121 Quotes About Authority

When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority – at least of indifference

The moment you begin to see yourself as GOD sees you, it gives you permission, authority and the audacity to become what you see through His eyes.

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it..."My purse is full enough," said the magus, "to keep you supplied with roast chickens.""So, so, so," I said. "We know who the power behind the throne is," and the magus laughed."You eat more than Gen did after prison," he said."I have more sympathy with him all the time. Are you going to finish that drumstick?" I asked."I am. Stop staring at it.

In the midst of the ubiquitous dealings with prostituted signs, the thing-poem was capable of opening up the prospect of returning to credible experiences of meaning. It did this by tying language to the gold standard of what things themselves communicate. Where randomness is disabled, authority should shine forth.

In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer’s yard.

We can only change life in the country and radically reform society by having God’s wisdom, strength and authority

The reason America is in its death-throes is because America has lost moral authority.

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

Questioning authority doesn't make you resistant; who should follow blindly without knowing the destination