Quotes About Command

Mrs. Trask turned to him. "When Mr. Pendergast asks for something, we do not say no.

The command of Yahweh: 'Be fruitful and multiply,' is an entirely patriarchal one; he is not invoking the Great Mother but bidding his sons beget still more sons.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.

A movie director is like a front-line commanding officer. He needs a thorough knowledge of every branch of the service, and if he doesn't command each division, he cannot command the whole.

Lei li guardò per un lungo momento senza parlare, poi disse: "Tornate indietro". Le rosse figure esitarono. Lei fece un passo avanti e sbottò: "Oppure restate".

Purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code of any healthy organization. To the degree that you hold purpose and principles in common among you, you can dispense with command and control. People will know how to behave in accordance with them, and they'll do it in thousands of unimaginable, creative ways. The organization will become a vital, living set of beliefs. Dee Hock, The Birth of the Chaordic Age The

Utah, just waiting for the word to be given by the

We like to believe that Man is in some subtle way superior to the rest of creation. It is best if he can be shown to be necessarily superior, for then there is no danger of him losing his commanding position.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

That didn't take long," Trysil said, clenching a fist so that the muscles popped out along her arm. "You know the captain. When he wants to leave, we leave.

I find that the work I do as an actor that's most challenging commands an athleticism or, certainly, a physicality. And also a rigor, a physical rigor.

On the pitch, I conduct and organise. I'm loud.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Unconventional warfare needs to remain the heart and soul of U.S. Special Operations Command and component commands.

'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.

Evidently not. They are just governing

Hari Singh Nalwa received four wounds: two from sabres, one from an arrow (which Nalwa pulled out himself), and the fourth from a gunshot. Before dying, he instructed his men not to give out word of his condition.

The battlefield successes of Mahmud of Ghazni and Shahabuddin of Ghor owed much to the Turks' skills as horsemen, to the quality of their horses, and to clarity in command-and-control.

Rajput forces resisting them did not lack 'in numbers' or 'the martial spirit', but evidently they were 'inferior in terms of organization and leadership…and did not have a unified command'.

Thus if the mind does not rely upon itself, but is strengthened by the Word, it can gain such command over itself that no unrighteousness will have power over it" (Ps. 118:133).