Quotes About Authority

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS GIVEN, NOT EARNED; RECEIVED, NOT TAKEN.

Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." —Mark 10: 42–45

The way I see it, all governments are just a different flavour of bastard.

Once a person gets outside, he gets all these ideas of being free, and that plays merry hell for a government." He nodded firmly. "Keep a man inside behind steel walls and thick windows, tell him that what you do, it's for his own protection. Make him think he relies on you, let him think the prison is his home, and he'll thank you for it.

Therefore, if you treat your tenants as employees, this means you are their employer or their boss. And yes, the boss has responsibilities as well.

NEVER Knock on Doors to Collect Rent NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! This means you are not in control of your business.

The "Property Manager" title is simply a term to identify yourself and setting the stage to pass the buck and avoid the challenge of making a decision right now because you have the authority to do so.

NEVER call yourself a "Landlord" again. Now you work for the "Property Manager" and you must follow company policies and procedures. You do not have the authority to do squat.

There are a few monopolies that are allowed to exist with the government's blessing. One is the United States Postal Service, better known as the post pffice.

It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide.

Behold! For now I wear the human pants!

Maybe madmen always rule. Maybe that's all there are.

You can create any change you want with your mouth.

los demás directivos y jefes hacia la pauta de comportamiento deseada. Los altos directivos no pueden delegar el tipo de cambio cultural del que estamos hablando.

In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic party may have suffered by his actions, but Daley came out...even more popular than before because "bust their heads" was the mood of the land and Daley had swung the biggest club.

He runs City Hall like a small family business and keeps everybody on a short rein. They do only that which they know is safe and that which he tells them to do. So many things that should logically be solved several rungs below finally come to him.

If we have the data, let's look at the data. If all we have are opinions, let's just go with mine.

The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here.

When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called "the People's Stick."

In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker.

There is no horror, no cruelty, sacrilege, or perjury, no imposture, no infamous transaction, no cynical robbery, no bold plunder or shabby betrayal that has not been or is not daily being perpetrated by the representatives of the states, under no other pretext than those elastic words, so convenient and yet so terrible: "for reasons of state."

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

Such is the psychology of crowds that the majority will follow whoever appeared to be in power...