HE WHO WANTS TO BECOME A COMMANDER OF MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE…

Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also.

— Rajneesh

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

— Benjamin Franklin

Learn to obey before you command.

— Solon

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He who cannot obey cannot command.

— Jack Hyles

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Obey my command. Follow my voice. Race to my side and surrender your choice.”

— Shannon Messenger

The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.

— Tim Kaine

“The language of law should be simple and straight, if you expect people to obey it.”

— Amit Kalantri

“You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand.”

— Confucius

“he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander”

— Aristotle

I might not like the fact that you are my commander, Greek, but as a soldier I will obey you regardless of my personal…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

— Aristotle

Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.

— John Knox

Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law

— Solon