Command Quotes - Page 29

• So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Book, Holiday, Air

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1967). “Cicero”

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• Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed?

  Anne Lamott

  Jesus, Kissing, People

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• But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? You who travel with the wind, what weathervane shall direct your course? What man's law shall bind you if you break your yoke but upon no man's prison door? What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble against no man's iron chains? And who is he that shall bring you to judgment if you tear off your garment yet leave it in no man's path? People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

  Khalil Gibran

  Men, Doors, Wind

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically, deleting stuff that doesn't interest us. We edit the world; we select from menus; we pick and choose; our social 'group' focuses on us and disintegrates without us. This makes it rather confusing for us when we step outdoors and discover that other people's behaviour can't be deleted with a simple one-stroke command or dragged to the trash icon.

  Lynne Truss

  Simple, Skills, Icons

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• He took each fact as it came and let it slip painlessly into the back of his mind, thinking, Okay, okay, I'll think about that one later; and that one; and that one; so that the alert, front part of his mind could remain free enough to keep him in command of the situation.

  Richard Yates

  Thinking, Mind, Facts

  Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.149, Random House

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• Cool,” I said. “You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework.

  Richelle Mead

  People, Homework, Campus

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.299, Penguin

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• Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed." That sublime description could be reworked to explain each one of these miracles. Was it any different in principle for a broken body to mend at the command of its Maker? Was it far-fetched for the Creator of the universe, who fashioned matter out of nothing, to multiply bread for the crowd? Was it not within the power of the One who called all the molecules into existence to interlock them that they might bear His footsteps?

  Ravi Zacharias

  Wine, Water, Broken

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• The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.

  Thomas E. Sniegoski

  Sound, Silent, Abomination

  Thomas E. Sniegoski (2012). “The Fallen: The Fallen 1; The Fallen 2; The Fallen 3”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck or command but simply because it was right.

  David Levithan

  Feelings, Luck, World

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• Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command to obey is the command to be happy in God. The commandments of God are only as hard to obey as the promises of God are hard to believe. The Word of God is only as hard to obey as the beauty of God is hard to cherish.

  John Piper

  Believe, Mean, Promise

  John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.250, Multnomah

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• There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses, there are some who attempt to give the impression that Islam is a religion of war and violence. This is total untrue. Such verses relate in a restricted sense, to those who have unilaterally attacked the Muslims. The above verse does not convey the general command of Islam. (pp. 42-43)

  Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

  War, Giving, Islam

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• Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.

  Pope John Paul II

  Men, Leaving, Doubt

  Pope John Paul II (2013). “Crossing the Threshold of Hope”, p.32, Knopf

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• Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command gave way. Pulling her hand out of mine, she ran back to where the dead hare was lying, and flung herself down at its side in such an agony of grief as I could hardly have believed possible in so young a child. "Oh, my darling, my darling!" she moaned, over and over again. "And God meant your life to be so beautiful!

  Lewis Carroll

  Beautiful, Children, Lying

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Sylvie and Bruno”, p.181, Lewis Carroll

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• To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance.

  Dan Ariely

  Stress, People, Mind

  Dr. Dan Ariely (2010). “The Upside of Irrationality (Enhanced Edition): The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small and having a child's need for sleep.

  Stefan Zweig

  Children, Mean, Sleep

  Stefan Zweig (2015). “The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig: Burning Secret, A Chess Story, Fear, Confusion, Journey into the Past”, p.19, Pushkin Press

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• I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as witty in speech or as wealthy as we would like, but in a world of varied talents and fortunes that we can't always command, I think that makes even more attractive the qualities we can command--such qualities as thoughtfulness, patience, a kind word, and true delight in the accomplishment of another. These cost us nothing, and they can mean everything to the one who receives them.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Beautiful, Witty, School

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• There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says. 'Done,' I say. 'Did you follow it at all today?' he asks in exasperation. 'Who knows? I'm mentally disoriented.' I hold up my wrist to show my medical bracelet and realize it's gone. 'See? I can't even remember they took my bracelet.' (Katniss and Boggs)

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Gone, Done

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.131, Scholastic Inc.

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• The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

  Frank Herbert

  Order, Mind, Body

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.52, Penguin

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• I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Suffering, Disappear, Asks

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.121, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• You’re in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love’s not a strong enough word—you have my devotion, your name branded on my soul, my wolf yours to command. A hundred years? It’ll never be enough. I want eternity.

  Nalini Singh

  Strong, Years, Names

  Nalini Singh (2011). “Kiss of Snow”, p.346, Penguin

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• Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?

  Robert Bolt

  Kings, Men, Thinking

  Robert Bolt (2013). “A Man For All Seasons”, p.83, A&C Black

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• Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress.

  Stella Gibbons

  Introspection, Interest, Cold Comfort Farm

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

  Khalil Gibran

  Freedom, Liberty, Skylarks

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.74, Lulu.com

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• Fasal liked to fight; Jiaan was good at planning. Together, Jiaan thought sourly, they almost made a whole officer. And if you added Jiaan's eighteen years to Fasal's seventeen, you had someone old enough to command an army as well.

  Hilari Bell

  Fighting, Army, Years

  Hilari Bell (2008). “Forging the Sword”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.

  Aberjhani

  Country, Jobs, Freedom

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