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The command is cool and strong like steel, dangerously calm, effortlessly powerful. — Tahereh Mafi

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command. — Orville Dewey

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. — Sam Rayburn

The Dutchman sails as its captain commands! — Davy Jones

An obedient wife commands her husband. — Benjamin Disraeli

I shiver at the command. Why do I love the way he orders me around when I won't stand the same from another man? — Magda Alexander

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy. — Roger Mudd

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. — Henri Frederic Amiel

To Choose To Disobey God's Command Is To Be Doomed To Live A Life Independently God — Sunday Adelaja

Fools follow rules when the set commands you. — Zack De La Rocha

The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God. — Martin Buber

Hamas, we know, embeds missiles, embeds command-and-control units in civilian areas. — Hillary Clinton

What you can't enforce, do not command. — Sophocles

Any ham-handed idiot can make a woman scream. I prefer to assess ... responsiveness. — Cherise Sinclair

At the height of their power in the fifteenth century, the Hanseatics were believed to have had at their command 40,000 vessels and 300,000 men. — Mark Kurlansky

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence. — Charles Caleb Colton

An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist. — Henry Adams

Stand in your own truth and you will command respect. — Tairrie B

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington

Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal. — Ernest Holmes

No. Listen. Take the wax from thy hairy ears. Listen well. I command. — Ernest Hemingway,

I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language. — Agatha Christie

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient. — Jean Edward Smith

I no longer consider, is this chap a congenial companion? Rather, the question is, would I feel easy if he were in command of the platoon on my right? — James Carl Nelson

The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right. — Frank Rich

Sometimes command means letting those under you do their jobs — Kirsten Beyer

Can I tell you that in my eyes not even God would be good enough to command you? — Kele Moon

Promise me that no matter what you hear, you won't go off on your own to investigate. I want your word. There's a command in his voice, soft as it is. — Amie Kaufman

You can't come in, colonel," she told him. "You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of my house. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

And this hypocrisy found I worst amongst them, that even those who command feign the virtues of those who serve. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command. — Rudolf Hess

You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But I shall wait, according to my science of government, until conditions are favorable. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I declared her brain frozen and assumed command of the local Warden detachment, which was handy, since it consisted of only me anyway. — Jim Butcher

The man had one of those dark, deep voices, the kind that made men listen and women shed their clothing. — Alexandra Martin

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. — Shaquille O'Neal

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast. — Kevin Allen

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. — Edward Gibbon

He who obeys the command 'Rejoice in the Lord' has a Hallelujah in his soul every minute of the day and night. — A.C. Dixon

Toys? When a man - a dom - said toys, he didn't mean stuffed animals or baseballs. — Cherise Sinclair

Behold the life at ease; it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course. — George Meredith

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — James Hudson Taylor

Yes, O Great One, I shall do as you command. Then when we come back empty-pawed, you'll admit I was right.
- Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw — Erin Hunter

The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it minds not. What is this monstrous thing? And why is it? — Saint Augustine

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. — Bill Watterson

Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication. — Oren Arnold

His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. Ibid. — John Milton

Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. — Anonymous

Breathe!
It was a command. And order, and I pulled in a breath before he shoved himself back in, invading me, breaking me ... — C.D. Reiss

No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words. — Philip Pullman

This is my command- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. — Anonymous

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason — Francis Bacon

When you're in command, command. — Chester W. Nimitz

The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick. — Hippocrates

All is one in Darkseid. The mighty body is my church. When I command your surrender, I speak with three billion voices ... — Grant Morrison

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command. — Joseph Addison

A well-written novel, the most immersive of all forms of storytelling, should command your full attention and belief. — Dave Morris

She'd invited Oskan to the Yule Feast. Or rather, she'd sent a royal command ordering his presence on the twenty-first day of Icemas. — Stuart Hill

A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil. — Saint Dominic

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God. — Thomas Aquinas

He is appointed Lieutenant Colonel, second-in-command of the Twentieth Maine Regiment of Volunteers. — Jeff Shaara

The command of custome is great. — George Herbert

No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be! — Thomas Gage

At this command, to Rose's great dismay, six more hands were offered, and it was evident that she was expected to shake them all. — Louisa May Alcott

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

We were getting ready to cross into another pack's territory, and my second-in-command was making spirit fingers. — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? — Kahlil Gibran

Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion. — Idries Shah

This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it. — Joseph Addison

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it. — George Henry Lewes

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative. — Janny Wurts

I have received the command from Heaven: May my time be always long and prosperous. — Luo Guanzhong

Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer. — H.L. Mencken

He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be. — Tessanne Chin

Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command. — Lindsey Davis

All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong. — Mahatma Gandhi

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. — Lionel Trilling

The command to be free is a double bind — Kim Stanley Robinson

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command. — John Buford

God does not DEMAND
What He does not COMMAND
One these last DAYS
Do what God SAYS ... — Israelmore Ayivor

Beauty and grace command the world. — Park Benjamin

Dammit, why isn't there a book with the answers in it? — Cherise Sinclair

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. — Laura Linney

Nothing could be more dishonorable than to accept high rank and command in war and then betray the trust. — Ulysses S. Grant

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. — Marion G. Romney

Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. — Henry David Thoreau

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. — William Penn

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command. — John Calvin

Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets. — Hal Duncan

A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business. — Lord Chesterfield

If you are with me long, I will begin to spell Master with two M's. — Cherise Sinclair

Obedience alone gives the right to command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush. — Ram Dass

The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony

Away: that was the only command my body could respond to. Away Away Away. — Heather Demetrios

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. — Solon

You should command and demand the tenfold leverage on your dollars when you give it away as well. — Peter Diamandis