"Those who can command themselves command others." — William Hazlitt

Those who can command themselves command others. - William Hazlitt

"Those who can command themselves command others."

— William Hazlitt

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493 Quotes by William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt has 493 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look,…
The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen…
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs…
There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund…
I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been…
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the…
Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.

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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. — Saint Augustine
The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite… — Honore de Balzac
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied… — Tyra Banks
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. — Jean Baudrillard
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes. — Buffalo Bill
When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as… — Jack Black
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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