A Quotes
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“Authority is conferred by position, not character.”
“Authority is earned, not given. A strong leader is forged, not born. [Ling Taishi]”
Source: The Art of Prophecy
“Authority is established by God for the wellbeing of His people”
“Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.”
“Authority is granted to people who are perceived as authoring their own words, their own actions, their own lives, rather than playing a scripted role at great remove from their own hearts.”
Source: The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal
“Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.”
“Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler.”
Source: School Education
“Authority is like a Uniform while power is the gun. You need power to enforce authority just like a policeman on the highway, he is authorized by the law but without gun, even children can make a mockery of him.”
Source: Great Reflections on Success
“Authority is never without hate.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“Authority is no source for Truth.”
“Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.”
Source: The Sane Society
“Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to make a statement and to be heard.”
“Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you.”
“Authority is quite degrading.”
“Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.”
“Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed”
“Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.”
“Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical order and so provides for the unity of imperative control.”
Source: In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power
“Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer.”
“Authority isn’t built by talking louder. It’s built by showing up where trust already exists.”
Source: The Power of Guest Podcasting: How to Get Booked, Build Authority, and Grow Your Business
“Authority leads through position. Influence builds others out of relationship.”
“authority love your neighbor.no matter what the condition is. even if it means to sacrifice your plan to do what he or she wants.”
“Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.”
“Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority. Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That's true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.”
“Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule of 'Do what you like so long as you don't impose it on others'. Authority's role should be in protecting the unwilling from the will of another. After that, they should push off and leave us alone.”
“Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.”
“Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.”
“Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.”
“Authority that is not confirmed by true reason seems weak. Whereas true reason does not need to be confirmed by any authority.”
“Authority to dream is not given, it is taken. Take it. Do not let the judgment of others be the final word. Without a doubt, if there is a one-word, one-step cure for bad peg moments, that word is perseverance. Let that be your final word.”
“Authority to heal is given from on high.”
“Authority—when abused through micromanagement, intimidation, or verbal or nonverbal threats—makes people shut down & productivity ceases.”
Source: Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.”
Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”
“Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).”
“Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.”
“Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him”
“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.”
“Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.”
“Authority. The antithesis of science.”
Source: Moonseed
“Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.”
“Authorize no one to sign off on any document that nullifies the authenticity dreams.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“Authorize the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers.”
“Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.”
Source: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored. Writing is a jealous and needy lover.”
“Authors always take rejection badly. They equate it with infanticide.”
Source: Original Sin
“Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much.”
Source: Not So Deep as a Well
“Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s!”
“Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq
“Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new markets for e-book reading devices and other hardware. End-users most of all want a wide range and generous amount of high-quality content for free or at reasonable costs. Like end-users, libraries want quality, quantity, economy, and variety as well as flexible business models.”