Command Quotes
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You shall more command with years than with your weapons.
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The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.
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Paul commands the Church to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly when we meet together, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It seems clear here that style is not the important issue as much as the depth of content.
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A conductor should guide rather than command.
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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We did a good job of being patient. Wakefield didn't have good command, and we did a good job of being patient and getting good swings. If we get on base, these guys do a job of driving us home.
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France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.
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I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.
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At the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks [about territories]. What command is given in this case in judo? You probably know better than I do: Yoshi (continue). So we will continue.
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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.
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Painting dissolves the forms at its command ... it melts them into color.
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The Bible says that when we obey God’s commands, we benefit. I think we naturally assume that if we look out for our own interests and concerns, we will be happy. But people who sacrifice for others will tell you that seasons of giving are the most rewarding of their lives.
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I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
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"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.
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The results of our investigation indicated a poor command climate.
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The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
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Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
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And so everything I see in this world, it all moves backward and forward at the same time, like a black-smith's bellows, like everything in my press, turning into its opposite at the command of the red and green buttons, and that's what makes the world go round.
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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
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It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and with several advantages that merit alone can never command.
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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.
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Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
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What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.
