Command Quotes

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Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to… — Anne Lamott
But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? You who travel with the wind, what weathervane shall… — Khalil Gibran
He took each fact as it came and let it slip painlessly into the back of his mind, thinking, Okay, okay, I'll think about that… — Richard Yates
Cool,â€ I said. â€œYou can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework. — Richelle Mead
Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed." That… — Ravi Zacharias
The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. — Thomas E. Sniegoski
It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck… — David Levithan
Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was… — Frank Herbert
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command… — John Piper
There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses,… — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command â€¦ but â€¦ attempts â€¦ to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the… — Pope John Paul II
Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!"… — Lewis Carroll
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.… — Dan Ariely
Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession… — Stefan Zweig
I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as witty in speech… — Jeffrey R. Holland
There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says. 'Done,' I say. 'Did you follow it at all today?' he asks in exasperation.… — Suzanne Collins
The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. — Frank Herbert
It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love… — Corrie Ten Boom
I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me… — Leo Tolstoy
Youâ€™re in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that loveâ€™s not a strong enough wordâ€”you have my devotion, your name… — Nalini Singh

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