Quotes about Authority
Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.
- William Temple
You're not my boss, Alan." He returned to his game. Honestly, my first instinct was to smack the kid, but i doubted that would fly with his parents.
- Richard Paul Evans
People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Christ as a new conqueror changes the fundamental laws of the old Adam and establishes a government of his own.
- Richard Sibbes
In temptations it is safest to behold nothing but Christ the true brazen serpent, the true 'Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world', (John 1:29). This saving object has a special influence of comfort to the soul, especially if we look not only on Christ, but upon the Father's authority and love in him. For in all that Christ did and suffered as Mediator, we must see God in him reconciling the world unto himself (2 Cor. 5:19).
- Richard Sibbes
Bible verses remain true, even if the devil quotes them.
- Richard Wurmbrand
6 The first job God gave humans was to manage and take
- Rick Warren
Obedience unlocks God's power.
- Rick Warren
Doctrine is a wonderful servant and a horrible master.
- Rob Bell
The spirit of dialectical fearlessness is not so easily acquired; and the sense of isolation which remains despite the conviction of right, the sadness of the parting from admired and trustworthy [or trusted?] authorities, is the line of demarcation which marks the threshold of its acquirement.
- Soren Kierkegaard
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments.
- GK Chesterton
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.
- Julian Casablancas