Command Quotes

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also.

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

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

When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush.

If I had a dog, I'd train him to kill on command. And the command I'd use would be, "Is he friendly?"

Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.

Cool,” I said. “You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework.

Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me: And hast command of every part To live and die for thee.

Hillary Clinton doesn't command the screen. She doesn't look intimidating, inviting, engaging.

Give what You command and command what You will.

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

Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.

In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.

Palestinians are becoming religiously fanatic. Israel is becoming irrelevant. They do it for religious purpose, fanatic, they want to conquer the Middle East under the command of the Iranians.

In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!

When people are absurdly tall, they command everyone's attention when they walk into a room. Nobody's ever dismissive of somebody for being too tall.

It would probably be a direct order, shape up your morale. And so he understands command. He understands how to delegate. And I think that [General John Kelly] will bring law and order.

Economic policies command bipartisan support only when they're incoherent.

All power is His and within His command.

Stand in your own truth and you will command respect.

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

If I had my way, the world would hear a pretty stern command - Exit Christ.

The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and what's impossible, what we can and can not do.

Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.

I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides.

Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.

I may command where I adore.

You shall more command with years than with your weapons.

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

that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)

You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.

Good units walk a thin line between indiscipline and ineffectiveness. Ignore the rules too often and you’ve got a mob, but enforce the rules too strictly and you’ve got a herd.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

Leaders don’t give excessive vocal orders. They humbly involve people and together cooperate with them to make a change happen.

Leadership crisis erupt when people who have not learnt how to obey instructions are given the privilege to give commands. Leaders are experienced servants.

It’s all in my mind.I’m in my right mind now, and my right mind is crazy."You need to wake up, Ella."The words are a command I cannot obey.