1,121 Quotes About Authority

It does not mean much to be important. The most important man at a burial is dead.

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

...when the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority...

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, "You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you.

When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.

...true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...

Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family. Unfortunately the only possible result of despotism on either level is hypocrisy.

If you want to check someone's principles, give him authority .. Then have a seat & watch

The lesson I learned is that when you give someone authority, you must be conscious you are doing so and continue to ask yourself whether it is in your best interests.