Try an author, a thought, or a phrase in “quotes”.↑ ↓ Navigate · Esc Close

Type a word, saying or author to search.

Browse the library ↗

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern

Meaning not yet available

An individual explanation has not yet been added. We do not substitute a generic description for an interpretation of these particular words.

Begin with source-checked readings and explanations ↗
Attribution & collection notes
Author or tradition
Stephen Covey
Attribution: attributed
Country attributed
Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.
Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Stephen Covey: life dates 1932 to 2012. Wikidata Q313482, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313482 (accessed 2026-10-08).
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken.
Recorded source
Contributor-provided quotation collection

Supplied reference C; CSV row 428294; supplied attribution, independently unverified

A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.