You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves. — Bob Nelson Copy Share Image
It can be a little difficult to command attention when surrounded by lunatics, — Adam Foulds Copy Share Image
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
“The man had one of those dark, deep voices, the kind that made men listen and women shed their clothing.” — Alexandra Martin Copy Share Image
You might be a rock and roll addict prancing on the stage. You might have drugs at your command, women in a… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons. — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“If it helps, you can think of using the command line as playing a text adventure game, but with the files and… — Matt Richardson Copy Share Image
Life is bendable to our will more than we know. In fact, that's the deal. If we don't know that life bends… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
One man saying that everything is wrong can command coast-to-coast attention in living color, a power not given to an absolute monarch… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub;… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What is American strategy first of all? So American strategy is to command the seas, right? The foundation of our power is… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee.… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Samson crushed himself and his enemies to death beneath the ruins of a building. He can only be excused on the grounds… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Partisans present some of the most refreshing music I've heard in a long while, uncompromising, very well written and very well played.… — Steve Swallow Copy Share Image
The most successful of the Tartar princes assumed the military command, to which he was entitled by the superiority either of merit… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Nigel gave the lamp a cautious buff and small smoking red letters appeared in the air. "Hi," Nigel read aloud, "Do not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
A man in love ... is the master, so it seems, but only if his lady friend permits it! The need to… — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision. — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go. — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies. — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I… — Philip Sheridan Copy Share Image
To do great things is difficult but to command great thing is more difficult. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makres plain the pathway. — Anne Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope. — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
“You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“In the hole he informed me that he could not override ‘the command.’ Commands can only come from humans, sir.” — Kenneth Buff Copy Share Image
Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image