"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her." — Francis Bacon

More Cannot Command Quotes

This quote is filed under Cannot Command Quotes, one of 16 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce… — James Allen
• No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. — William Penn
• He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• He that cannot obey, cannot command. — Benjamin Franklin
• If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance — Margery Allingham
• In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make… — Kate Millett
• A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business. — Lord Chesterfield
• I cannot command winds and weather. — Horatio Nelson
• He who cannot obey cannot command. — Jack Hyles
• A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow. — John F. Kennedy
• Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive. — Mahatma Gandhi
• Who has not served cannot command. — John Florio

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