Command Quotes - Page 25

• What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

  Arthur Erickson

  Men, Civilization, Preoccupation

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• Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Literature, Violence, Crude

  Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1958). “Letters of Ellen Glasgow”

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• For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.

  Chris Hadfield

  Years, Space Flight, Two

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• At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.

  Gary Hamel

  Heart, Yield, Comfort

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• Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

  Oscar Hammerstein II

  Peace, Work, Ubuntu

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• The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

  William Dean Howells

  Wise, Winning, Men

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• It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

  Victor Hugo

  Order, Sometimes, Know How

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• Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

  Immanuel Kant

  Religious, Philosophical, Recognition

  Immanuel Kant, Allen Wood, George Di Giovanni (1998). “Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: And Other Writings”, p.153, Cambridge University Press

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• My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.

  Jared Leto

  Mother, Smart, Very Smart

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• Ladies and gentlemen, even my own staff challenges me. When I issue edicts, commands, orders, ideas, you would think that there would be overwhelming blanket acquiescence, approval, and support.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, Order, Ideas

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• Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

  Laura Linney

  People, Personality, Attention

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• Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.

  Samuel Lover

  Lying, Mind, Ease

  Samuel Lover (1843). “Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life”, p.355

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• What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

  Bruno Mars

  Mirrors, Guy, Raw Talent

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• I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

  George McGovern

  Mind, Spirit, Speak

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

  Anthony de Mello

  Spiritual, Heart, Thinking

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “The Way to Love: Meditations for Life”, p.138, Image

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• Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.

  Joyce Meyer

  Real, Two, People

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• Honestly, I don’t believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

  Janelle Monae

  Art, Believe, Focus

  "Janelle Monae Talks New CoverGirl Gig, Signature Style And Being Fearlessly Beautiful". Interview with Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.

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• Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

  Blaise Pascal

  Wisdom, Intelligence, Fool

  Blaise Pascal (2016). “Pensées”, p.135, Open Road Media

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• Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

  Steven Pressfield

  Motivation, Technology, Self

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• Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

  Erwin Rommel

  Fighting, Air, Enemy

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• In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Leadership, Thinking, President

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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

  Marquis de Sade

  Two, Voice, Condemning

  Marquis de Sade “Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel”, Library of Alexandria

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• The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Men, Command Not, Soul

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.23, Wordsworth Editions

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• 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

  Taken, Thinking, People

  "Thinking Out Loud: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Damnation, Hell

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