Authoritative Leadership Quotes

#1. Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work throuh him.

J. Oswald Sanders

#2. If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this trait follows the model of Jesus, who gave Himself for the whole world and who calls us to follow in His steps.

J. Oswald Sanders

#3. The last guy tried to get out of me writing him a ticket by saying, 'Kiss me, big boy, kiss me like there's no tomorrow!' ... as I recall, I didn't write that ticket.

Brad Sherwood

#4. Today everything exists to end in a photograph.

Susan Sontag

#5. Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

Nido R. Qubein

#6. All the stories give unique inspiration.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

#8. Bossy means "given to ordering people around, highhanded, domineering, overly authoritative, dictatorial, abrasive." ... Could it be that girls are called bossy when they're ... well, bossy? Could it be that boys are also called bossy for the same reason?

Matt Walsh

#9. A level of no more than 350 ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely - time is running out.

James Hansen