Command Quotes

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You know what speed is. You would not believe a man who claimed to walk at 5 miles an hour, but took 3 hours to… — W. W. Sawyer
Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice. — Swami Vivekananda
I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command. — John Buford
A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare stay at home.… — Lottie Moon
Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope. — Pope Innocent III
I came home from Portugal convinced that nothing is so important as making known what the Mother of God asked in those apparitions of 1917… — William Thomas Walsh
A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes… — Elizabeth Cunningham
When God gives a command or a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but what we will do. — Henrietta Mears
When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it. — J. D. Greear
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? — Garry Wills
In different countries the basis of resistance takes different forms, but it comes chiefly from the conservative groups. Hence it becomes increasingly difficult to go… — John T. Flynn
Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me… — Warsan Shire
The law commands us to do what we would do naturally if we only had love. The Way consists of finding that love, which then… — Arnaud Desjardins
Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I… — Louis XIV
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air. — William Halsey
For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being… — Theodore White
A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because… — John Desmond Bernal
Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from… — Umar
Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness that we call… — Amy Carmichael
This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basraâ€¦ Now even the American command… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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