Quotes about Authority
I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!
- Eugene Peterson
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
- Euripides
The Lord said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
- Eusebius of Caesarea
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
- Charles Hodge
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.
- Ambrose of Milan
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.
- Pierre Corneille
Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In the same way, your words have creative power.
- Bo Sanchez
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
- Henry Cloud
Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.
- Beth Moore
If you are not royalty, He is not King.
- Beth Moore
Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.
- Beth Moore