Authority Quotes - Page 13

To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation.

The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

Do you question my authority? I am the headmistress of Evernight!" It was Balthazar who answered her by casually slinging his crossbow back upon his shoulder so that it just happened to be aimed straight at Mrs. Bethany. He wasn't threatening her, exactly, but it was very clear that he wasn't going to back down. As she jerked upright in shock, Balthazar drawled, "School's out.

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience.

The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority.

Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.

If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you.

The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.

The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a godlike thing. You are the ultimate authority. There is no other ultimate authority.

One thing about a police state, you can always find the police.

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine.

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

Do what is right, and the reward will be immediate and multitudinous. Think what is right, and your authority will grow.

As the beauty of the picture depends not on the painter but on the picture itself, what I say must depend on its own intrinsic value and not on the authority of my attainment, nor on the authority of others.

Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.