Quotes about Authority

Unfortunately, lack of obedience is one of our most difficult problems in America. Many people erroneously believe that being obedient means being subservient to someone else. In reality, it indicates respect for the authority of an authority figure. Realistically speaking, you must respect authority before you can legitimately expect others to respect your authority.

God made the ability to feel pain. He didn't have to, you know. He made the ability to feel pain and He also made it possible to feel joy. Should I hate Him for allowing one and praise Him for allowing the other? God knew what He was doing. I may not always agree, but that is part of what respecting His authority means."

Customs change with time, so it isn't fair to permit change only when you happen to approve of it but condemn change citing biblical authority when you don't.

Kings were no better than murderers, the only difference being that they had a legal monopoly on killing.

Second, honoring parents is how nearly all of us come to recognize that there is a moral authority above us to whom we are morally accountable.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope Self.

It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.