Quotes About Command

The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player because you gotta earn your respect first of all the old guys, all the old heads. You gotta command where to go, know the plays.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

The current process of spiritual demagoguery and rhetorical overkill has transformed the concern for victims into a totalitarian command and a permanent inquisition.

And so a population that has been wholly propagandized by a totalitarian state, and demoralized by hedonistic consumerism, will hardly be in a position even to imagine opposition to its command-and-control strategies.

The royal bodyguard, ordered by Philip to hang back for the occasion, followed at a discreet distance.

Philip was ideally suited to lead the expedition against the Persian 'barbarians'.

Alexander had given orders for this contingent to be surrounded and 'butchered to a man'.

The Turkish commanders agreed to surrender in return for a guarantee of safety, signed by Alexios himself

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.

I have often been criticized for being an 'emotional' leader, for not being macho enough, but even during this early stage in my career, I believed that the magic of command lies in openness, in being both sympathetic to the troops and at the same time being apart, in always projecting supreme confidence in my own ability and in theirs to accomplish whatever task is set for us.

I was on the ground, I was in command, I had been given the mission, and I took the decision.

It is very doubtful that one can implement Jesus's command to love one's enemies and kill them at the same time.

Power is the ability to get things done.

Power is where power goes.

O major, porém, continuava a andar com aquele passo rápido dos majores que andam depressa.

Quod Principi plaevit habet legis vigorem

You become the master of what you master.

I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Gain familiarity with the shell, and you'll find your productivity soaring.

The extent of our love to the Lord is shown by the way we obey His commands. Love does all that it can to make the loved one happy.

those who have not yet fully understood what the Savior meant with His command, or who have feared

There is great need for the preaching of love. God sometimes allows bitterness to arise between Christians, that they may view the terrible power of sin in their hearts and shrink back at the sight. How greatly a minister and his people should feel the importance of Christ's command to love one another. A life of great holiness will result, if we only but love each other as Christ loves us.