Command Quotes

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The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know… — Andrew Jackson
Painting dissolves the forms at its command ... it melts them into color. — Alexander Eliot
The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap… — Margaret J. Wheatley
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. — Edward Gibbon
She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is… — Will Smith
Two types of voices command your attention today. Negative ones fill your mind with doubt, bitterness, and fear. Positive ones purvey hope and strength. Which… — Max Lucado
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those… — Nelson Mandela
A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times… — Bill Gates
Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to… — David McCullough
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her. — Walter Russell
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving… — Alphonsus Liguori
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can… — John Owen
We were not born to sue, but to command. — William Shakespeare
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these… — Thomas Jefferson
We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.… — Ronald Reagan
Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to… — Peter Drucker

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