Authority Quotes - Page 8

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture.

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God.

Authority is never without hate.

If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? When listeners refrain from evil hearing. At present there are many so credulous of evil, they will receive suspicions and impressions against persons whom they don't know, from a person whom they do know--an authority good for nothing.

It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal.

To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.

All authority belongs to the people.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

The verdict is still out on my life, the judge having not yet instructed the jury, both of whom are me.

There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us.

Lolitas do not recognize any authority. They follow only the values they have chosen for themselves, regardless of what anybody might say.

I cannot stand authority.

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).

Historically, America has answered to a higher authority.

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders

When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.

Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.