Quotes About Authority

We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples.

Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.' " Matthew 28:18–19 The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples.

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . ." (Acts 1:8)—not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us.

To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught.

Student: "Can you do problem number twelve?" Wyler: Twelve?...NO!...That problem is on the test.

Wer auf dieser Mühle stirbt, bestimme ich!

self-protective withdrawal from candidates who are perceived as particularly privileged or untouchable, and "compassionate graduation" of inadequately performing candidates who have remained in training for many years are other typical symptoms of the failure to invest adequate authority in the faculty body.

Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Only a completely ready state can permit the luxury of a liberal government.

Let us put Germany in the saddle, so to speak—it already knows how to ride.

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood.

The gods have their own rules.

I am Actaeon: recognize your master!

If the philosophy of the Middle Ages is based on the logic of Aristotle, their science can be traced rather to the Greek thought of pre-Aristotelian times. For authority it relied very largely on a single dialogue of Plato, to which may be added Latin translations of a small part of Hippocrates, and of his post-Christian successor and interpreter, Galen.

And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.

The Constitution is the basic law of the nation that defines the duties and prerogatives of every official acting on behalf of the United States. Yet the interpretation of the Constitution by a judge has an authority and force that transcends that of the attorney general or any other official in the executive or legislative branch.

OSBOURNE!' he shouted. 'YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO YOURSELF AND TO THIS SCHOOL. BRING ME A SHOE.' The room went so quiet you could have heard a mouse fart.

No record mogul had created Black Sabbath , so no record mogul could tell Black Sabbath what to do.

Folk och härar han utplånar med sin vredes svärd. Domens tunga klockor dånar över mänskans värld.

Bureaucracy will be the deity of the twentieth century.

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.