Quotes About Authority

As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye.

A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.

Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.

Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.

When men competed for positions of power, it was generally acknowledged that the ones who got it were invariably the ones who could least be trusted with it.

if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin.

Democracy is like a tamborine - not everyone can be trusted with it.

If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring. Apple could put the entire text of "Mein Kampf" inside the iTunes user agreement, and you'd just go agree, agree, agree - what? - agree, agree.

Jocelyn told me that she had never seen me so out of control of my life. Even the recent record of my mishandling of events with Mary and Francine might have alerted her to the fact that I often confronted problems like an improvising chimpanzee faced with the dashboard of a jumbo jet. What she did not grasp was that old muddle-minded Johnny was trying, above all else, in a spirit of life-long caprice, to re-establish his own authority and get his simian claws on the levers.

you shall have whatever you say (see Mark 11:23).

No men can be lords of our faith, though they may be helpers of our joy.

There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God's sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience...

Purse not your opinion, for the weak and dimwitted leader shall seek to surround thyself with minions'."

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power.' A strong central government led by an effective executive was needed, as Washington had warned.

Pull Together the Guiding Team. Make sure there is a powerful group guiding the change—one with leadership skills, credibility, communications ability, authority, analytical skills, and a sense of urgency.

Although mankind abdicated authority to the enemy, God gave mankind a second chance—He always does, because He is full of love, mercy, and forgiveness. God has always believed in us to fulfill His created purpose. His love bears for us whatever we cannot bear. His love believes in us when we have lost ability to believe in ourselves. His love hopes for us when we have lost hope. His love endures everything we do (1 Corinthians 13:7.)

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.

Authority does not authenticate my person. Authority is not a privilege to be exploited to build up my ego. Authority is a responsibility to be borne for the benefit of others without regard for oneself.This alone is the Christian view.

Whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God" (Rom. 3:9–10, 19).

Truth is grounded in God's Word, not our works.

Señor Jesús, Tú eres el Mesías, el Rey de Israel. Las naciones se postran ante Ti. Dios lleva al mundo a reconocer que eres digno de adoración. Por tanto, ante cualquier oposición que encuentre, con gozo te atribuyo autoridad y dignidad, y traigo estos regalos para decirte que solo Tú puedes satisfacer mi corazón.

For in the end, it is not Edwards or Piper or any other man who compels true faith, but God himself.

Scriptures lead us again and again to affirm that God's will is sometimes spoken of as an expression of his moral standards for human behavior and sometimes as an expression of his sovereign control even over acts which are contrary to that standard.