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- I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts… — Daniel Boone
- Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy… — George Orwell
- The most casual reader of the New Testament can scarcely fail to see the commanding position the resurrection of Christ holds in… — Edward McKendree Bounds
- There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu
- Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. — Mark Helprin
- Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And… — D. H. Lawrence
- Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is due to the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. — Blaise Pascal