Command Quotes

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A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie
But we had with us, to keep and to care for, more than five hundred bruised bodies of men- men made in the image of… — Joshua Chamberlain
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded. Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips tightly together, his eyes bulging out. He was taking frantic,… — Frank Peretti
Today a great shot for freedom was heard. I think it stands a chance of being heard forever. It marls a turning point in the… — Leon Uris
He knew very well that love could be like the most beautiful singing, that it could make death inconsequential, that it existed in forms so… — Mark Helprin
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished… — Albert Einstein
Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra… — Douglas Adams
There's a scientific hypothesis that every person's name is a primary suggestive command that contains the entire script of their life in highly concentrated form.… — Victor Pelevin
I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it's… — Thomas Jefferson
It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless… — Hilaire Belloc
When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this… — David Hume
Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you… — William P. Young
I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was… — C.S. Lewis
Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not… — Stephen R. Lawhead
The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step… — Susan B. Anthony
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young. — Noah Webster

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