Command Quotes · Page 40

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western…

— Arthur Erickson

Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as…

— John Locke

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of…

— George Washington

The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those…

— Aberjhani

Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what…

— Anonymous

Self-command is the main elegance.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To hear the Conservatives issue a command that all Leave voters must vote Tory, this seems insultingly complacent.

— Claire Fox

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language; an alien master is the worst of all. The language…

— Learned Hand

I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet…

— Edmund Burke

We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will…

— Selma Fraiberg

We were not born to sue, but to command.

— William Shakespeare

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

— Justinian I

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

(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons.

— Chuck Hagel

It is especially appropriate to say that the greatest command, the most condensed philosophy, the wisest success-achieving advice ever given was given…

— Thomas Dreier

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

— Denis Diderot

The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed…

— Juvenal

“Majority of excuses are deliberate attempts to keep success far away. Eventually, the success goes away because that is the command "excuses"…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead…

— Sri Aurobindo

The true foundation of the brotherhood of humankind is belief in the knowledge that God is the Father of humankind. For us,…

— Harry S. Truman

A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation…

— Gerald R. Ford

Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.

— Michelle Sagara

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

— Joseph Addison