Quotes About Command

Is it not an offence to the weakest creature that can think at all to be compelled to do, by the will of another, anything that he would otherwise have done simply of his own accord? Of all forms of tyranny, the most odious is that which constantly robs the soul of the merit of its thoughts and deeds. It has to abdicate without having reigned. The word we are readiest to speak, the feelings we most love to express, die when we are commanded to utter them.

Of all forms of tyranny, the most odious is that which constantly robs the soul of the merit of its thoughts and deeds. It has to abdicate without having reigned. The word we are readiest to speak, the feelings we most love to express, die when we are commanded to utter them.

You haven't yet given me the right to obey you when you say: 'I want to.

The man who remains calm inevitably takes command of a situation.

And the man who remains calm inevitably takes command of a situation.

Sealed Orders":

one has control only until he's forced to exercise it.

Silly," Dax thought, "but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn'tt matter whether it is a necessary command, or even a correct one.: Then , a little later, an afterthought came to him: "It inspires self-confidence even in the man who issues it.

Silly…but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn't matter whether it is a necessary command, or even a correct one…it inspires self-confidence even in the man who issues it.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

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

Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

Tom believed that too much activity and technology was guaranteed to drive the phenomenon into hiding. He thought the NIDS group should set up a command post in nearby Roosevelt or Vernal and silently and surreptitiously creep onto the property at night while disturbing as few geographical landmarks as possible.

Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.N.B. A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757 By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.

Just programmed my Alexa to order a pizza if I shout incoherently for more than 10 seconds

Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.

In the Senate they have as many power as we decide to grant them, do you understand it? If we don't allow them anything, then they have nothing. That which they call ''power'' is made of shadows

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

Genghis had once told him he should never give an order they would not obey. He should never let them see the limits of his authority. The

We would all be a tyrant if we could.

I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.

Phrases can build grace into sentences. Taut declarations lend clarity, but too many of them can start to sound like a Dick-and-Jane story. A strategically placed phrase can turn a staccato burst into a more lyrical sentence. This is what we mean by "turning a phrase"—using our command of language and our mastery of the rhythms of a sentence to affect style as well as substance