Command Quotes

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The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December. — Paul Cellucci
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but… — James Allen
Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. — Eldridge Cleaver
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony
The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and… — Charles Eliot Norton
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple. — Tim Ferriss
God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were before. But let a man… — John Bertram Phillips
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are… — Sun Tzu
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least… — Alexander Hamilton
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it. — Francois Fenelon
One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul,… — Oswald Chambers
They are not leaders because of brilliancy. ...but because, by the power of prayer, they could command the power of God. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one of the most… — Lee Strobel
The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button. — Volker Grassmuck
The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase by which we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship. — Majel Barrett
Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God commands the slave to rise,… — John Quincy Adams
The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control,… — Ken Robinson
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:… — Sun Tzu

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