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Quotes About Command

Cut him. Cut him while I stand here and watch. I want to see the blood flow. Don't make me tell you twice.
~ Stephen King
For Gilead and the Calla! he roared. Now, gunslingers! Now, you Sisters of Oriza! Now, now! Kill them! No Quarter! Kill them all!
~ Stephen King
Tell him to shut up! Tell him there's no crying in baseball!
~ Stephen King
You don't command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
~ Khalil Gibran
He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much.
~ Amy Carmichael
The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.
~ Martin Buber
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
~ Alan Watts
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.
~ Simone Weil
To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
~ Robert E. Lee
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.
~ Ninon de L'Enclos
Whoever has the gold makes the rules.
~ Johnny Hart
OFF THE COUCH! BAD KITTIES!
~ Jon Scieszka
There is no attempting to comprehend a prizefighter unless we are willing to recognize that he speaks with a command of the body which is as detached, subtle and comprehensive in its intelligence as any exercise of mind by such social engineers as Herman Kahn or Henry Kissinger.
~ Jonathan Eig
When you know what something is, you have power over it.
~ Jonathan Harnum
At last! Am I glad to see you! Right, stab this guy quickly, and let's be going.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
~ Enid Blyton
Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl
~ Eoin Colfer
It's a fucked-up war when you are more worried about fighting your chain of command than the actual enemy.
~ Eric Blehm
Either come over, or sit your fucking ass back down. To former Gen. Michael Flynn at White House meeting, December 18, 2020.
~ Eric Herschmann
Had Kilpatrick shown some initiative and sent a larger force in pursuit, he might have bagged the entire command while the exhausted column was strung out across the Pennsylvania country side. Stuart was fortunate his adversary was not determined to fight a decisive battle with him.
~ Eric J. Wittenberg
A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths
~ Eric Nylund
You're their CO. You have to inspire and command their respect. I'm their drill instructor. I get to be their worst nightmare.
~ Eric S. Nylund