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Please understand that there are no real authorities, only perceived ones. The self-identity, full of limiting beliefs, projects its perception of authorities, rules, regulations and structures.
Elena Nezhinsky • Buddha on a Bull: A Practical Approach to Enlightenment (Complete Humanity Series Book 1)
process of accreditation, usually entailing many years of higher education. Persons in authority have had to jump through hoops of fire to achieve their lofty posts—and feel disinclined to pay attention to anyone who has not done the same. Lasting authority, however, resides in institutions rather than in the persons who act and speak on their beha
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Authority: Appointing oneself (or a designated person) as the moral and political authority with the right to arbitrate justice, or an epistemological authority with the right to adjudicate the truth and the most desirable path toward change.
Vanessa Machado De Oliveira • Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
He was claiming the right of disposal of our possessions. He has given them to us only as trustees, not as owners.
J. Oswald Sanders • Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

There’s an important aspect of authority that needs to be noted. When we first give authority to new leaders, we are actually giving them permission to have authority rather than giving them authority itself. True authority has to be earned.