Quotes about Authority
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.
— Deepak Chopra
Kings were no better than murderers, the only difference being that they had a legal monopoly on killing.
— Deepak Chopra
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.
— Dennis Prager
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope Self.
— Martin Luther
It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.
— Gregory of Nazianzus
Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.
— John Maxwell
The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.
— John Stott
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Myles Munroe
Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.
— John Piper
Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.
— John Maxwell