Command Quotes

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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a… — Joseph Conrad
The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick. — Hippocrates
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty to… — Charles Evans Hughes
Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I… — Stonewall Jackson
I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I… — Stonewall Jackson
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. — William Penn
They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at… — Eugene V. Debs
To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat. — Giulio Douhet
(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons. — Chuck Hagel
Why wouldn't female Marines come forward? Because they don't trust us. They don't trust the command. They don't trust the leadership. — James F. Amos
An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my… — Henry Morton Stanley
Learn to obey before you command. — Solon
Obedience alone gives the right to command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who hath not served can not command. — John Florio
I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention. — Hakeem Olajuwon
Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to command by law… — Robert Breault
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ… — John Owen

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