The faith that stands on authority is not faith. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 58
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. Francis Bacon English Philosopher More Francis Bacon Quotes 6
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out. Ronald Reagan American President More Ronald Reagan Quotes 2
[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us, that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity. Daniel Webster American Statesman More Daniel Webster Quotes 2
A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press, must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the right of the people to know. Murray I. Gurfein More Murray I. Gurfein Quotes 2
All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Jesus Christ Clergyman More Jesus Christ Quotes 1
You are the authority and the gatekeeper of your own life. Bryant H. McGill American Author More Bryant H. McGill Quotes 1
One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. Robert A. Heinlein American Writer More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes 1
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. Leonardo da Vinci Italian Artist More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes 1
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 1
"Quran Is Such An Authority On Problems Of Religion That It Can Be Trusted Upon. It Contains Best Pleasures For A Super Mind. It Is The Greatest Source Of Knowledge To Mankind.". Imam Ali More Imam Ali Quotes 1
In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge. Esai Morales American Actor More Esai Morales Quotes 0
The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. Roy Moore American Judge More Roy Moore Quotes 0
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back. Robert Morgan American Soldier More Robert Morgan Quotes 0
When you make your peace with authority, you become authority. Jim Morrison American Musician More Jim Morrison Quotes 0
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable. Tom Robbins American Author More Tom Robbins Quotes 0
Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation. J. M. Roberts More J. M. Roberts Quotes 0
Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession. Michael Polanyi Hungarian Scientist More Michael Polanyi Quotes 0
Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so. Pete du Pont American Politician More Pete du Pont Quotes 0
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have. Orson Pratt American Theologian More Orson Pratt Quotes 0
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men. Orson Pratt American Theologian More Orson Pratt Quotes 0
God is the King. In him exists all legal authority. Orson Pratt American Theologian More Orson Pratt Quotes 0
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. Orson Pratt American Theologian More Orson Pratt Quotes 0
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection. Elihu Root American Lawyer More Elihu Root Quotes 0