Quotes About Authority

Yielding to a parent's control is the path to self-control; and self-control alone is liberty.

God rested, we take over!

The laws of man are made only to be broken, because they are stupid and unjust.

Every word is true. It is filled with God's own power and authority.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 33:6 says, "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

The power of proclamation is the one weapon the church needs to major in these days.

The Bible speaks plainly about these forces. In fact, it has a great deal to say about them. It calls them respectively blessings and curses.

In every case, the road into unity is not the road of doctrinal disputation and discussion; it is the acknowledging of the Lord Jesus Christ in His glory, in His authority, in His headship and in every aspect of His ministry. As we acknowledge Christ in all that He is to the Church, we are brought into the unity of the faith.

Always remember, the essence of rebellion is the desire to be independent of God.

Victory in the spiritual realm is primary. It is to be obtained by the employment of spiritual weapons.

I'll thank ye," said a cool, level voice, "to take your hands off my wife.

There is a saying: in the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king. I promptly invented its analogy, based it on experience. When no one knows what to do anyone with a sensible suggestion is going to be listened to.

Once I told him I thought beating your son was a most uncivilized method of getting your own way. He said I'd about as much sense as the post I was standing next to, if as much. He said respect for your elders was one of the cornerstones of civilized behavior, and until I learned that, I'd better get used to looking at my toes while one of my barbaric elders thrashed my arse off.

I've said often enough, and the good Lord kens weel enough that boys were meant to be smacked, or he'd not ha' filled 'em sae full o' the de'il.

Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like, he said, but God made hope.

a Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

Because, Sassenach," he said, very dryly indeed, "when ye're a man, a good bit of what ye have to do is to draw up lines and fight other folk who come over them. Your enemies, your tenants, your children—your wife. Ye canna always just strike them or take a strap to them, but when ye can, at least it's clear to everyone who's in charge.

That's simple. You reason with them, and when you're through, I'll take them out and thrash them.

I am, madam, Jonathan Randall, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty's Eighth Dragoons. At your service, madam.

Damn ye, woman! Will ye never do as you're told?" "Probably not," I said meekly.

Aye, verra good. Now then, if ye'll just put your hands above your head and seize the bedstead—

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

God kens well enough that boys need to be smacked, or he'd no fill them sae full o' the de'il.