Command Quotes
A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand.
Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication.
During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their contributions in efficiency, skill, spirit, and determination are immeasurable.
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.
Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.
The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we call it intuition.
But the reasonableness of this command to obey parents, is clear, and easily understood by children, even when quite young.
There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.
Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation.
Any belief that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only.
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.
The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.
When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail
Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
Give your dog something to do before you share food, water, toys or affection. This way the dog earns his treat. For example, have him or her perform the "sit" or "down" command.
Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command save one has stood with him.
And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support.
The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons.
As husbands, I think one reason we have some trouble with Paul's command to love our wives "as Christ loved the church," is that we don't really fully know how Christ loves the church.
The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.
Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges
A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command-of his head.
It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good.
The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.
Be it remembered that we command nature, as it were, by obeying nature's laws; so the woman who would control her husband does so through obedience.
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
