Command Quotes
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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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A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
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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.
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We were not born to sue, but to command.
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It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
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Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
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To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
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I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.
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Those who can command themselves command others.
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I just need to regain my command. I was concerned at first that I was not going to be able to go with the team and be healthy.
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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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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.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.
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Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.
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To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
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To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.
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And they will ask thee of the spirit. Say: The spirit proceedeth at my Lord's command; but of knowledge, only a little is given to you.
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Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.
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Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
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The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one's personal interests.
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The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.
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Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
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As soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given us to guide our own steps; as the foot-soldier who hears nothing of the councils that determine the course of the great battle he is in, hears plainly enough the word of command that they must themselves obey.
