Best 223 quotes in «command quotes» category

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

The Dutchman sails as its captain commands!

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.

The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.

The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.

The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

The mind commands the body, and it obeys forthwith; the mind commands itself, and is resisted. The mind commands the hand to be moved, and such readiness is there that the command is scarce to be distinguished from the obedience. Yet the mind is mind, and the hand is body. The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it obeyeth not. Whence this monstrous thing? and why is it?

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them

The strongest leaders do not command, they empower

The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.

Those who can command themselves command others.

The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.

This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.

Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth.

Unpaid work never commands respect.

Through obedience learn to command.

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We will also make it a priority to develop defensive and offensive cyber capabilities at our U.S. Cyber Command and recruit the best and brightest Americans.

What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health.

What you can't enforce, do not command.

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

When it comes to God's commands, the issue is not clarity; it's commitment.

When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out and it commands attention, it commands change. I'm talking about the power that's inside of you.

When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it

When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.

When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush.This is quotes copyright © By Pumpkin Limited

You don’t get to mis-define a thing, and then on the basis of that mis-definition, say that that thing is bad … it’s incumbent upon you, if you’re going to make a criticism of something, that you actually have at your command a working definition of the thing you're criticizing

Why wait for a call when you have a command?

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.

Who hath not served can not command.

Yes, O Great One, I shall do as you command. Then when we come back empty-pawed, you'll admit I was right." - Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw

You are the master of your life, and the Universe is answering your every command.

Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah’k’hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example.

You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.