Commander Quotes

And I have gifts for you, the brave navigator of the Argo II!" "I like to think of myself as captain," Leo said. "Or supreme commander. — Anonymous

There are times when a corps commander's life does not count. — Winfield Scott

He who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander — Aristotle.

The Commander assigned jobs based on skills and intelligence, not on gender. — Maria V. Snyder

The assistant commander at any post is supposed to be a ruthless son of a bitch. — Tom Clancy

How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset. — Patrick O'Brian

They actually think I would abandon the Commander. they have no concept of loyalty. — Maria V. Snyder

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

There's not a hell of a lot of difference between bravery and stupidity." - Commander Boaz Aurigae — Charles Nall

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. — William Westmoreland

Come all you thoughtless young men,
a warning take by me
And never leave your happy homes
to sail the raging sea. — Patrick O'Brian

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army]. — Scott Raab

Orderly discipline and morale within an army was the responsibility of the Division Commander. — Iwane Matsui

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A commander's pride got his soldiers dead. — Tom Clancy

Right now Captain Cranky and Commander Hard-Ass weren't tops on his list of people he wanted to be around... — Katherine McIntyre

I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our present commander. — James Long

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame. — Sun Tzu

I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour. — Ani DiFranco

For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man! — Bartholomew Roberts

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

Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief. — Hillary Clinton

Sir!" Alban came to rigid attention as his feet smacked the floor and saluted. "Centurion Alban reporting to the garrison commander, sir!" "I — Janette Oke

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief. — Nathan Hale

To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. — Sarah Palin

One can look at John McCain and say that he's not ready to be commander-in-chief. — Rudy Giuliani

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority. — Erwin Rommel

I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o. — John Flanagan

For parents, the days are long but the years are short. — Travis Thrasher

Just be prepared," she said. "When you do come back to live with me, you are SO GROUNDED for calling me the chicken that crossed the road. — Jennifer Echols

Commander: What's that?
Foaly: It's a finger, what does look like? — Eoin Colfer

We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders. — Orson Scott Card

Not all questions are answered, commander, but fortunately some answers are questioned. — Terry Pratchett

Neither deficiencies nor disappointments, losses nor crosses, can cause disquieting discontents in that bosom where faith is commander in chief. — Thomas Watson

The tribal commander must lose no face among those who should obey him. Paul — Frank Herbert

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armory of the modern commander. — T.E. Lawrence

You don't influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader. — Israelmore Ayivor

Just one more example of why a commander who ruled by fear and made all the decisions himself would always be beaten, sooner or later. — Orson Scott Card

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. — Henry Adams

I want to be a sunshine grandma. — Kay Robertson

Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief. — Oliver North

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation. — David Ignatius

When Chanel peeped into James' eyes as he yelled obscenities at her, she saw power; a commander. She saw someone who was that nigga once upon a time. — Nako

In a rare flash of humor, she had replied: Woody, a commander can be wrong, but never uncertain. — Arthur C. Clarke

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops. — Erwin Rommel

SOYINKA WON THE NOBEL PRIZE
ACHEBE, LITERARY COMMANDER
P.D. JAMES, WE LOVE HER
AGATHA CHRISTIE, QUEEN OF CRIME — S.A. David

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief. — Fidel Castro

I don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like a dance commander. — Kesha

The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And I think I could do that. — Lindsey Graham

I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery] — Ian Fleming

On Lee as commander: He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor. — Shelby Foote

Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job. — Henry Rollins

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander. — Omar N. Bradley

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration. — Marco Rubio

I am more willing to come out when I get my message from my commander. — David Koresh

Lee assess a subordinate commander as all lion; no fox. — Robert E.Lee

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety. — David Brooks

Religion is for those of us with too little imagination....or too much. — Commander Pants

A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively. — Wesley Clark

Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was? — Orson Scott Card

I can tell you is all nine of the people here [ on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. — Ted Cruz

You do not need 435 people playing commander-in-chief. — Marsha Blackburn

Those years were just an anomaly, historically speaking, the Commander said, just a fluke. All we've done is return things to Nature's norm. — Margaret Atwood

In the saddle again, Fire mulled over the commander's trust, prodding it around, like a candy in her mouth, trying to decide whether she believed it. — Kristin Cashore

You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars. — Lindsey Graham

For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel: — Matthew Henry

The only real owner of anything is its commander; — Herman Melville

Now let's sincerely and wholeheartedly wish long life to our great leader, great teacher, great commander, and great helmsman, Chairman Mao." Her — Ji-li Jiang

Earth is about to set. Resume 08:00 my time tomorrow morning. Tell family I'm fine. Give crew my best. Tell Commander Lewis disco sucks. — Andy Weir

A good commander can beat the odds. A great commander can beat the gods. — Jack Kirby

Sir," replied the commander, "I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus. — Jules Verne

I am myself my own commander.
[Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.] — Plautus

These are: (1) the Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) the Commander; (5) method and discipline. — Sun Tzu

My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief. — Michele Bachmann

My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War. — Benedict Cumberbatch

Nulle cre ature humaine ne peut commander a' l'amour. No human being can give orders to love. — Sydney Samuelson

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win. — Oliver North

If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving. — Mahatma Gandhi

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good. — Bernard Law Montgomery

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. — Erwin Rommel

Being a villain, it seems, provides a certain amount of indisputable clarity." -- Commander Invincible — Neil Connelly

The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear
Im a commander guy. — George W. Bush

(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power. — Carl T. Rowan

There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received. — Norman Schwarzkopf

My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. — Margaret Atwood

I'm not sure I've turned your Commander inside out, but I can assure you if that iron skillet was empty, I would bring him down a peg or two. — Julia Mills

But I envy the Commander's Wife her knitting. It's good to have small goals that can be easily attained. — Margaret Atwood

No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops. — John J. Pershing

I am now a commander of the British Empire. — Kevin Spacey

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory. — Sun Tzu

The unexpected is our normal routine. Commander Riker — Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

I don't want some mom, whose son may have recently died, to see the commander in chief playing golf. — George W. Bush

Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you're at it? (Julian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Why did I follow her? If you must know, Sir, it was easy. Pound for pound, Puss-in-Boots was the best commander I ever served under. — L.A. Meyer

Let's not worry about when we go down, Commander. Let's just worry about what kind of company we keep when we do. — Evan Currie

When soldiers lack discipline, the fault lies with their lord commander. — George R R Martin

I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence. — Mike Oldfield

Sometimes, the best advisor is one that serves as a sounding board for his commander's thoughts. — B.V. Larson

You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief. — Newt Gingrich

I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander-in-chief, our president, George Bush. — Wesley Clark