Command Quotes
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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.
William Bligh
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
Sophocles
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I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.
Sebastian Junger
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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.
Vladimir Putin
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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.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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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.
Keith Getty
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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.
Sophocles
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Painting dissolves the forms at its command ... it melts them into color.
Alexandra Ripley
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
Margery Allingham
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The results of our investigation indicated a poor command climate.
J. M. Roberts
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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.
Aristotle
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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.
Brad Wilkerson
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Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
William Shakespeare
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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!
John Milton
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Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
Bill Vaughan
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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.
Kevin Spacey
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Sophocles
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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.
William Benton Clulow
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You shall more command with years than with your weapons.
William Shakespeare
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The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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!
Albert Einstein
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What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.
Havelock Ellis
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Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Napoleon Hill
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"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.
Mark Hart Crowded House