Quotes about Authority
It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.
— Joyce Meyer
Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.
— Joseph Addison
I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
— John Henry Newman
[O]ur rules can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God.
— Thomas Jefferson
What the Gospels actually said was: don't kill anyone until you are absolutely sure they aren't well connected.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.
— Calvin Coolidge
No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith.
— Donald Trump
I think those governments who resent religion, they're afraid of religion because religion may be in their eyes, in their views be seen as a counter government or a parallel government.
— Elie Wiesel
You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.
— John Wooden
Respect me, or put me to death.
— Malcolm X
Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.
— Brian Tracy
Our offices must always be headed by the kind of men who command respect. Not phonies, zeros or bastards.
— David Ogilvy