#authority

Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#because #deferring #doing #feel #first

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#authority #away #consistently #distrust #give

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#assertion #authority #clinton #constitutional #directive

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

#come #contain #costume #could #designer

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#because #eat #hungry #much #people

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#control #determination #hate #influence #permission

We support too big to fail. We want the government to be able to take down a big bank like JP Morgan and it could be done. We think Dodd-Frank, which we supported parts of, gave the FDIC the authority to take down a big bank. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#authority #bank #big #could #done

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. ↗

— Ken Blanchard

#influence #key #leadership #successful #today

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#authority #children #entertainment #entertainment industry #everything

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome. ↗

— Don Bluth

#authority figures #better #call #cost #definitely