Thomas a Kempis Quotes

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'

That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

By learning to yield to the loving authority of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of authority which will confront him later in his life — his teachers, school principal, police, neighbors and employers.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

The majority is still at the General's disposal.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.

Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that.

It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.