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Kill my envy, command my tongue, trample down self. Give -- Anonymous
Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A conductor should guide rather than command. -- Riccardo Muti
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward. -- Meister Eckhart
Keep cool and you command everybody. -- Louis Antoine De Saint-Just
I am myself my own commander.
[Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.] -- Plautus
commander like this one. Ser -- George R R Martin
Go, send, or disobey. -- John Piper
"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult. -- Mark Hart
This is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch. -- Scott Lynch
Objectives are not commands; they are commitments. -- Peter Drucker
we fight every battle with our imaginations: the battles within, the battles in the world beyond. This is the truth of command, and a warrior must learn command, of oneself and of others. It -- Steven Erikson
A semantic definition of a particular set of command types, then, is a rule for constructing, for any command of one of these types, a verification condition on the antecedents and consequents. -- Robert W. Floyd
I do not take commands from someone with no character or appreciative mindset. -- Mohith Agadi
Please, Lord gives power to obey your commandment -- Lailah Gifty Akita
One must command from each what each can preform. -- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Tell me what to do, not how to do it.' Decentralize command and allow subordinates to operate freely within the framework of the commander's intent. Train them as a team. Develop trust, loyalty, initiative. -- Nathaniel Fick
There is nothing more helpful than shouted instructions, particularly incomprehensible ones. I -- Connie Willis
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. -- Jesus Christ
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
You do not command me. The silence went on and on, painful and breathless, like a singer overreaching to finish a phrase. Then, -- Madeline Miller
When I am in charge of a vessel, I always command; nobody commands but me. I take all the responsibility, all the risks, all the hardships that my office would call upon me to take. I do not steer by any man's compass but my own. -- Michael A. Healy
The strongest leaders do not command, they empower -- Ralph Marston
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves. -- Bob Nelson
Pow'r above pow'rs!
O heavenly eloquence!
That with the strong rein of commanding words,
Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence
Of men's affections, more than all their swords! -- Samuel Daniel
By the power of the Tri-Force, I command you to
-- Prashna Bari
The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
It's a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose ... than when they do it by accident. -- Henry V. O'neil
Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
Artemis Fowl -- Eoin Colfer
The villany you teach me I shall execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. -- William Shakespeare
If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well. -- Stonewall Jackson
Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master. -- Swami Vivekananda
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Pray Until Something Happens -- Phyllis Wilson
Curious," Bauchelain said. "What is it you wish us to do for you?"
"Usurp the king," Imid Factalo said.
"Usurp, as in depose."
"Right."
"Depose, as in remove."
"Yes."
"Remove, as in kill. -- Steven Erikson
It is not long before those who are obedient in service obtain command. -- Saadi
No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud. -- Simon Sinek
Send a monster to kill a monster. -- Kameron Hurley
Control, edit and distill. -- Van Day Truex
The only thing I command is respect. -- Kyrie Irving
My duty is to obey orders. -- Stonewall Jackson
Command, deprived of personal judgment, can win no battles. -- Barbara W. Tuchman
Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs. -- Michel De Montaigne
Chain of command, Synthia. I say it. You do it. End of chain, am I clear? -- Amelia Hutchins
A new voice pops up on the comm, relayed from the station. March. "What the frag are you doing, Triumph? Who's at the helm? I didn't give clearance for a pleasure cruise."
"Can't talk, Commander," Hit answers smoothly. "We're busy saving your ass. -- Ann Aguirre
He who commands the sea has command of everything. -- Themistocles
Obey my command. Follow my voice. Race to my side and surrender your choice. -- Shannon Messenger
You shall more command with years than with your weapons. -- William Shakespeare
Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep. -- Miguel De Cervantes
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. -- James Allen
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
there are some problems no Unix command can address. -- Aeleen Frisch
commandments and -- Anonymous
If I had a dog, I'd train him to kill on command. And the command I'd use would be, "Is he friendly?" -- Richard M. Weiner
COMMIT. PURGE. REPLENISH. -- James Smythe
In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. -- Erwin Rommel
It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties. -- John Locke
Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day.
Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime. -- Waseem Latif
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. -- Pierre Corneille
Deep in my mind a thought did flash for a moment that one who commands must of necessity be wildly imperfect, boldly pragmatic, capable of compromises impossible for the truly wise and the truly good. -- Anne Rice
I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do. -- Teodoro A. Agoncillo
Therefore, the skillful commander imposes his will on the enemy by making the enemy come to him instead of being brought to the enemy. -- Sun Tzu
Always do everything you ask of those you command. -- George S. Patton
Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated. -- Dag Hammarskjold
The problem of "Command-Control is that you can control people's behavior, but not their mind. -- Pearl Zhu
Obedience alone gives the right to command. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed. -- Samuel Richardson
If I need you I'll give you a signal.'
'What signal?'
'I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl -- Jim Butcher
Be gracious, Master, and allow The worlds to rest from trouble now; -- Valmiki
There is a view," he said. "You will admire it." A command. All wrong. He meant for her to hear that he wanted her to see the view, but no. By habit, he demanded that she accompany him. "I should like for you to see it. Please. -- Carolyn Jewel
(It is an order!), -- Rudyard Kipling
Bind Merrimoth," he finally said, "and I'll do that think you like later."
"It's not like my power reacts to the reward system," I said, then added, "What thing?"
The corner of his mouth quirked. "On the chair."
"You mean the thing you like?"
"We both like," he corrected. "Win-win. -- Jenn Bennett
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat ya with until you realize who's in ruttin' command here! -- Adam Baldwin
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. -- George Herbert
Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Self-command is the main elegance. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every comforting word is a command from a man of action ...
While every word of command is commotion from a man of just words ... -- Sujit Lalwani
Let me be the one To do what is done. -- Robert Frost
The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait. -- Iris Murdoch
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Give what thou commandest and command what thou wilt -- Augustine Of Hippo
will appoint Peace as your overseer and Righteousness as your taskmaster. -- Anonymous
The inner eye does not see upon command. -- J.k. Rowling
As the demands of the positions differed, and as I grew in age and experience, I found that I had changed as a leader. I learned to ask myself two questions: First, what must the organization I command do and be? And second, how can I best command to achieve that? -- Stanley Mcchrystal
I have depeloped a substance which allows me to command time at my discretion. -- Rene Barjavel
We took up
our positions, in obedience to instructions. -- T. S. Eliot
Instruct gracefully.
Instruct graciously.
Instruct gallantly.
Instruct gladly. -- Matshona Dhliwayo
The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately. -- Wang Jianlin
All of Christ's commands are invitations and all of His invitations are commands. -- Andy Davis
silver crucifix in a chain high in the air. "NO!" he yelled. "I command you to leave this body! I command you to leave her now! -- Willow Rose
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. -- Saint Augustine
Smack me if we ever get that awful."
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The power to command frequently causes failure to think. -- Barbara Tuchman
You need to be possessed, controlled, owned." Something -- Claire Thompson
As each man's strength gives out, as it no longer responds to his will, the inertia of the whole gradually comes to rest on the commander's will alone. The ardor of his spirit must rekindle the flame of purpose in all others; his inward fire must revive their hope. -- Carl Von Clausewitz
It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding. -- Pliny The Elder
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. -- Victor Hugo
A skilful (commander) strikes a decisive blow, and stops. -- Lao-Tzu
'Never change' is the thing that probably high school students have written in each other's yearbooks for time immemorial. They think that command is possible! -- Jane Hamilton
Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
