Quotes About Authority

Playtime's over, Jax," she says. "Time to do your homework.

Por un lado está la verdad de los hechos; por el otro, la verdad del sentimiento del autor, y donde coinciden las dos ninguna autoridad externa puede prestarse a decidirlo.

Te? tego próbowa?em. Ignorowa? rz?d w nadziei, ?e zniknie. Nie znikn??.

Men are no different from your automata; slip a bloke a piece of paper with the proper figures on it, and he'll do your bidding." The room grew light as the man lit an oil lamp.

Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong

He is in charge of the decision, I am in charge of the action.

Generally when a man in uniform has something unusual brought to his attention, his instinct is to stop it.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Let me overview a biblical vision for the parenting task. The parenting task is multifaceted. It involves being a kind authority, shepherding your children to understand themselves in God's world, and keeping the gospel in clear view so your children can internalize the good news and someday live in mutuality with you as people under God.

You only muddy the waters when the bottom line in discipline is your displeasure over their behavior, rather than God's displeasure with rebellion against his ordained authority.

My observation after thirty-five years of school administration, parenting, pastoral work, and counseling is that children generally do not resist authority that is truly kind and selfless.

please someone else.

I have prepared oatmeal for your breakfast. It is a good, nutritious food and I want you to eat it. Maybe other mornings we will have something you like better." Many are saying, "What do you want for breakfast? You don't want the oatmeal I have prepared; would you like something else?" This sounds very nice and enlightened, but what is really happening? The child is learning that he is the decision maker. The parent only suggests the options.

If you allow unholy anger to muddy the correction process, you are wrong. You need to ask for forgiveness. Your right to discipline your children is tied to what God has called you to do, not to your own agenda.

A parent who is respectful to his children and teaches them with dignity and respect will be respected by his children.

As a parent, you must exercise authority. You must require obedience of your children because they are called by God to obey and honor you. You must exercise authority, not as a cruel taskmaster, but as one who truly loves them.

los niños, por lo general, no se rebelan contra la autoridad que es verdaderamente bondadosa y abnegada.

our goal is not to maintain control at any cost; it is rather to persuade. Influence and persuasion are always more important than discipline.

If authority best describes the parent's relationship to the child, the best description of the activity of the parent to the child is shepherding.

Respectful teenagers are developed when they are 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, not at 13, 14, 15, or 16.

A young child does not give proper weight to words alone. His attention is secured when those words are punctuated by a sound spanking.

The purpose for your authority in the lives of your children is not to hold them under your power, but to empower them to be self-controlled people living freely under the authority of God.

The parent can change his mind in the context of respectful appeal, but not in the presence of blatant rebellion.

Moms and dads tell the children what to do. Kids tell their parents their wishes and dreams.