1,121 Quotes About Authority

They do sometimes protest...At these times, she sounds authoritative. But she has no authority.

God has the Power to make it happen. You have the Authority to make it happen. So stop complaining, get up, & manifest your destiny.

The Glory was entrusted to you, you weren't given permission to pass it on as you see fit.

There is this presumption, in those who feel destined for art and above all literature: we act as if we had received an investiture, but in fact no one has invested us with anything, it is we who have authorized ourselves to be authors.

She had never been taught to ask permission to do things, and she knew nothing at all about authority, so she would not have thought it necessary to ask Mrs. Medlock if she might walk about the house, even if she had seen her.

In a world where we seem to be beset by a trend towards 'manualising treatment modalities' the person-centred approach stands and says NO, that is not the way forward.

- Quando sarai stanco di star lì cambierai idea! - gli gridò.- Non cambierò mai idea, - fece mio fratello, dal ramo.- Ti farò vedere io, appena scendi! -- E io non scenderò più! - E mantenne la parola.

Today, the mere idea of aristocracy is incompatible with the dominant ideology. But every people needs an aristocracy. It's an integral part of human nature and can't be dispensed with. The question then is not 'For or against aristocracy?' but 'What kind of aristocracy?

For it was authority that turned men suspicious and stern-faced. Authority and responsibility which made them not themselves, but a sort of corporate body that tried to think as a corporate body rather than a person.