Command Quotes

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Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be it remembered that we command nature, as it were, by obeying nature's laws; so the woman who would control her husband does so through… — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body. — William Shakespeare
There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command. — Joseph Addison
You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that… — Mark Twain
Through obedience learn to command. — Plato
The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor. — Aristotle
Do what the heart commands. The heart is our only guide. — John Updike
People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the… — George Carlin
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason — Juvenal
The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not. — Sophocles
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. — Charles Churchill
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. — Pierre Corneille
The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance trade in order to ensure freedom; the country that wants… — Jose Marti
Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when… — George Farquhar
The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself… — Mark Rothko
For me, my faith is a really big part of my life, and it is important for me to walk it out every day, ..… — Ashley Young
We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit us to use powers that we now are not even capable of imagining. — Frederick Tilney
Suicide terrorist groups are [not] religious cults isolated from the rest of their society, ... Rather, suicide terrorist organizations often command broad social support within… — Robert Pape

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