Quotes about Authority

If God created the family, He should be the ultimate definer of what it is, and that should be our point of reference.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

Laws are inoperative in war

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

It is better to preach five words of God's Word than five million words of man's wisdom.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.

When a king begins to act like a king, it is not long before someone else is king! Serving is a way we can place value on one another. A wise man is a server.

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

told them that you have to earn the right to be heard. People won't just follow you because you say so. They will only follow you when you have endured, developed, grown, and sometimes suffered.