Quotes about Authority

Preacher, keep your knees on the ground & your eyes on the throne.

He who fears God fears no man.

An old Scot used to say to us, 'If He is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all.

You're nothing but a pack of cards!

When he spoke, he illuminated a truth I had always yearned for and yet always run from. I am known as an authority on the holy texts, and yet when he spoke, I realized I knew nothing. And what I did know, I had cloaked in my own selfish interpretations. In so doing, I had turned the truth into lies.

The other men came in and somehow Lou got the same order across to them. We all went to comply—like so many dumb sheep.

You can't be that good; you work for me.

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. They were really strict.

Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of where we were growing up, the neighborhood I was from.

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.