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The Dutchman sails as its captain commands! — Davy Jones

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands. — Charles De Gaulle

An obedient wife commands her husband. — Benjamin Disraeli

I have in my head a whole army of people pleading to be let out and awaiting my commands. — Anton Chekhov

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. — Marquis De Sade

When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness. — Joseph Brodsky

Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands. — Matt Haig

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart. — Shams Tabrizi

Most men are not alert, not paying attention, and not watching out for their families as God commands them to. — James MacDonald

Dara doesn't respond well to commands," Vine said. "It's a rather endearing quality, I find. — Jordan Rivet

It is the faith and perseverance and single-mindedness with which Hitler has perfected his weapons of destruction that commands my admiration. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods. — Ovid

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. — Pierre Corneille

The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands — Fanny Burney

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept. — Robert Bork

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. — Saint Francis De Sales

The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings. — John Bunyan

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Faith is also the means by which we live in response to the commands of God. — R.C. Sproul

Objectives are not commands; they are commitments. — Peter Drucker

I sometimes wonder about all of that. Gods, their commands, all the things people do in their names. Is any of it what they really want? — Peter Tieryas

Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands. — Horace

He who does not oppose evil ... commands it to be done. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. — Joseph Conrad

For he commands his angels with regard to you To guard you wherever you go. Psalms 91:11 — Cecilia London

When it comes to God's commands, the issue is not clarity; it's commitment. — Woodrow M. Kroll

The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care. — Richard Bach

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. — Jean Baudrillard

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive — Kirk Douglas

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. — George Whitefield

I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it. — Joseph Smith Jr.

He who commands the sea has command of everything. — Themistocles

When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it. — J.D. Greear

Every good servant does not all commands. — William Shakespeare

It is always the way. Until a man knows God, he seeks to obey him by doing things he neither commands nor cares about; — George MacDonald

Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey. — David Platt

Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light. — John Fletcher

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. — Thomas F. Wilson

Now ... get Thoth a raspberry chocolate latte with the cream and chocolate sprinkles! Thoth commands, librarian! Obey! Sprinkles! THOTH HAS SPOKEN! — James Turner

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths — Moses Mendelssohn

I obey my own commands about as often as others do. — Mason Cooley

The holy book in the longest continuous use - the Talmud - commands the observant one to thank his maker every day that he was not born a woman. — Christopher Hitchens

To run and work the law commands, Yet gives me neither feet nor hands; But better news the gospel brings: It bids me fly and gives me wings.3 — Jason C. Meyer

When someone asked Roen what he did, he'd explain that he typed incoherent commands that performed virtual tasks to create intangible objects. — Wesley Chu

He who controls the past, commands the future. — George Orwell

You did when you were a child, then give your cells those commands: "I feel amazing today." "I have so much energy." "I have perfect eyesight. — Rhonda Byrne

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant. — Myrtle Reed

The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. — Mark Twain

Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions. — Umar

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly. — Angelina Grimke

That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave. — Patricia Hill Collins

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous. — Plutarch

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. — Frank Herbert

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him. — Publilius Syrus

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice. — Joni Eareckson Tada

Young people are not immune to following God's commands concerning discipline. — Monica Johnson

Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently. — Seneca The Younger

The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear. — Heinrich Himmler

No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey. — Heber J. Grant

As my princess commands," he says, "I shall now cease to worry about her uncle chopping off her head. — Rebecca Hahn

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

Shadowmane sighed as well. :We had better do what this Topaz commands. Unicorns are jerks when they don't get their way.: — Ash Gray

The crow commands, the captive must obey. — George R R Martin

God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings. — Martin Buber

We are not under its [the laws] curses, but we are under its commands. We are not under the law for judgement, but we are under the law for conduct. — Samuel Bolton

Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance. — Marion LeRoy Burton

When God commands, do it! — Joseph Smith Jr.

Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance. — Saint Augustine

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. — Denis Diderot

People tend to say Christians are always judging, but the word of God convicts Christians and urges them to obey God's commands. — Monica Johnson

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world. — Georgia Harkness

The Dear father Would with his daughter speak, commands her service; Are they inform'd of this? — William Shakespeare

Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind — Scott Lynch

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

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Yes, the same God who created all the universes created you as a one-of-a-kind. He knows you and loves you and commands you to love yourself. — Toni Sorenson

Some of the old laws of Israel are clearly savage taboos of a familiar type thinly disguised as commands of the Deity. — James G. Frazer

The bats stop flying above and the moon stands still. He commands the air and the sky and my body. — Eliza Freed

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. — Edmund Burke

The mind of a queen
Is a thing to fear. A queen is used
To giving commands, not obeying them;
And her rage once roused is hard to appease. — Euripides

The New Testament never tells us to build a place for people to come to us; instead, the New Testament commands us to give our lives going to people. — David Platt

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. — Antoine Rivarol

Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. — Thomas Aquinas

What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands. — Joseph Smith Jr.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. — Immanuel Kant

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed. — Samuel Richardson

Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island controls the world. — Halford Mackinder

Do what the heart commands. The heart is our only guide. — John Updike

Love to Christ is proved by doing the things which He commands, and not merely saying, Lord, Lord. — Charles Henry Mackintosh

In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends. — Euripides

Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love. — Jerry Bridges

It is the one who does what God commands to whom God can entrust His work, whom God can use to be a type of savior to others. — Andrew Murray

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands. — Ernest Renan

I don't think your God has ever advised you otherwise. You hear only what you want. He only ever commands your preferences. — Philippa Gregory

I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file. — Vincent Frank

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus came humbly as a servant, but He never begs us to give Him some small part of ourselves. He commands everything from His followers. — Francis Chan