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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Authority Quotes

Quotes About Authority 

  • A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it. 
  • Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. --Anne Bradstreet, American Poet
  • Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. --John Adams
  • If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.  --Yugoslavian Proverb
  • Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. --ISAAC ASIMOV
  • Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. --Leonardo da Vinci
  • Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. --Robert E. Lee
  • Real authority is the power to serve. --Dick McMullen
  • The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. --John Stott
  • The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. --Ken Blanchard
  • True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect. --Stephen Covey
  • Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. --Albert Einstein (1879-1955); physicist and mathematician.


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Leading Through, Part 2: Leading With Moral Authority // Andy Stanley
The people who have the most influence in our lives often have little to no authority in terms of position. There’s something about their lives that gives them influence in ours. In part two of the Leading Through series, Andy shares how to lead with moral authority.



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1 Peter 2:13 For the Lord’s sake, respect all human authority - whether the king as head of state,
Acts 5:29 ESV But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
Hebrews 13:17 ESV Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
John 19:10 (MSG) Pilate said, “You won’t talk? Don’t you know that I have the authority to pardon you, and the authority to—crucify you?”
John 5:22 In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,
Luke 10:19 ESV Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
Matthew 28:18 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 7:29 for he taught with real authority - quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
Matthew 9:6  So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
Proverbs 28:2  When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.
Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
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Authority (see also Respect)
  •     God will hold people in authority accountable for their actions (Daniel 4:31)
  •     Jesus is the highest authority (Matthew 28:18)
  •     God gave the government its authority (John 19:11)
  •     Christians should obey the government (Romans 13:1–2)
  •     Parents are authorities to their children (Ephesians 6:1)
  •     The Bible is our authority (2 Timothy 3:16)
  •     Church leaders are authoritative (Hebrews 13:17)


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