Quotes About Authority

Just because you have a title doesn't mean you deserve respect.

My name is authority so don't ever mess with me, because if you do, you'll get my power.

The Little King is nobody's fool, you're my fools.

The world we live in is just a small but cruel and effective taste of God's will and authority.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.

All dictators, irrespective of epoch or country, have one common trait: they know everything, are experts on everything. The thoughts of Qadaffi and Ceau?escu, Idi Amin and Alfredo Stroessner—there is no end to the profundities and wisdom. Stalin was expert on history, economics, poetry, and linguistics. As it turned out, he was also expert on architecture.

As Karim Lala often said,'learn to clench the world in your fist. open your palm only when you have to receive money

Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than

Sometimes, but not often, I am thoroughly convinced that the decision I have made is the right one, even though it differs from the others, and I will exercise my authority to approve or reject a decision against their wishes. In most cases, though, if we can't agree on something, a better idea is to table the decision rather than to exercise the power.

the right to be a god

There may be a worse form of government than theocracy in the long run, but offhand I can't think of any.

Another recollection of Duveen's was of being taken by his father to see the elder J. P. Morgan in his London house, at Prince's Gate. His Uncle Henry, who had by then become a pet of Morgan's, had told Morgan that his brother was, next to him, the highest authority on Chinese porcelains.

Purpose without power is mere weakness and deception; and power without purpose is mere fatuity.

?nsanlar?, kendi cinslerinden biri üzerinde kudret ve salahiyetlerini denemek kadar tatl? sarho? eden ne vard?r? Hele bunu yapmak f?rsat?, birtak?m ince hesaplar dolay?s?yla, ancak muayyen baz? kimselere kar?? kendini gösterirse

?nsanlar?, kendi cinslerinden biri üzerinde kudret ve salahiyetlerini denemek kadar tatl? sarho? eden ne vard?r?

The only authority that is unassailable is that of God.

If I hold my own opinion to be absolute truth, my own judgment to be the only measure of truth, I constitute myself God.

If we don't get a good day's work out of you, we'll maroon you." He ignored Barnaby's raised eyebrow. They'd never marooned anybody before, even the English nobles they hated, but Gideon meant to put the fear of God into the man.

The west need someone to tell the man who walks around with the biggest stick in the world, that that stick can`t bring down God`s house.

We have reached a point today where authority has become the truth. But soon as we turn inward, we realize that truth is the only authority!

Now, if my talks were about quoting from a scripture, such friendship and affection would be impossible. Scripture means memory; memory means hierarchy. This hierarchy turns one thing into sacred, another into filthy. What we consider sacred becomes an authority; what comes from an authority becomes our truth. And this kind of truth renders us incapable, paradoxically, of ever experiencing real truth!

In any organization, someone must be the boss. If it's even just one person, you've got to be the boss of yourself.

Whether you use bullets or ballots, you've got to aim well; don't strike at the puppet, strike at the puppeteer.