Commissioned Quotes

50 quotes by 46 authors

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the so-called national asset… — James Buchan
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I… — Smedley Butler
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling
We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed… — Wesley Clark
I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush. — George Soros
Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser. — Thomas Carlyle
The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward. — Igor Stravinsky
We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class… — Smedley Butler
The self-commissioned architect is the obviously exclusive potential - for as at present used, or designed, the world's resources are serving only forty-four per cent… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Jesus Christ didnt commit the gospel to an advertising agency; He commissioned disciples. And He didnt command them to put up signs and pass out… — Joseph Bayly
You may be transferred, enlisted, commissioned, reassigned, or hospitalized - but brand this on your heart - you can never go where God is not. — Max Lucado
In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled. — Elizabeth Kolbert
The cross was a glorious outworking of the grace of God, by which the Father commissioned the Son to make full satisfaction so that sinners… — R C Sproul
Jesus commissioned his church to make disciples of all nations. In this carefully researched work, Thomas Hudgins fleshes out the methods and goals to achieve… — Daniel L. Akin
Jesus gave us the victory with which He overcame Satan, and commissioned us to cast out devils in His Name. — Chris Oyakhilome
When William the Conqueror commissioned a great survey of his English realm at Gloucester in 1085, the result was a work so thorough, fair, dispassionate,… — James Buchan
Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. — Philip Yancey
I have been commissioned to write an autobiography and I would be grateful to any of your readers who could tell me what I was… — Jeffrey Bernard

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46 authors contributed a total of 50 Commissioned Quotes, led by these top contributors: