Commanding Quotes

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It is far more independent to travel on foot. You have to sacrifice so much to the horse. You cannot choose the most agreeable places… — Henry David Thoreau
Over every living thing which is to spring up, to grow, to flower, to ripen during this day say again the words: This is my… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is… — Simon Bolivar
I like to look strong and commanding. — Zoe Saldana
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command. — Mike Jackson
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in… — Eric Hoffer
If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer, you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it… — Tony Robbins
I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding… — Alfred M. Gray
What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want… — Arnold Palmer
I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding. — Zoe Saldana
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. — Carl Sandburg
Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality.… — Camille Paglia
That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do… — Joanne Harris
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I want to treat the sincerity of your… — Nicholas Sparks
The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to… — Frederick Douglass
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives. — Benjamin Franklin
Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding… — George Orwell

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