Commanding Quotes

92 quotes by 83 authors

Creation isn't forcing or commanding something into existence. It's more of a rolling over, a good stretch, blissing out, lying on the grass watching the… — Esther Hicks
I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders. — James Stockdale
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality is much better… — Harriet Martineau
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories,… — John Frederick Nims
When women are seen with pen in hand, they are met immediately with shrieks commanding a return to that life of pain which their writing… — Arcangela Tarabotti
Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action . . . and then obeying… — Og Mandino
Alain Prost is in a commanding second position — Murray Walker
The Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is 'to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.' But we shall then know that these are the… — C.S. Lewis
If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But I see Him!… — Martin Luther
You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects, has… — Malcolm Wallop
Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yogaâ€™s supreme objective is to awaken an exalted state of spiritual realization, yet the tradition also teaches you how to live and how to shape… — Rod Stryker
What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused… — Gregory of Nazianzus
In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him. — C.S. Lewis
God tells me to cover myself, to hide my beauty and to tell the world that Iâ€™m not here to please men with my body;… — Yasmin Mogahed
Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary's finger. The palm that held the… — Max Lucado
There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in any… — Thomas Paine
When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding… — Adelbert von Chamisso
If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein set out to showcase, in sometimes startling ways, the continuing relevance of a classic philosopher. But what's… — Michael Dirda

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