Quotes About Command

The Mormon teaching of unquestioning obedience to authority, added to the strict military law then in force in the Territory, would, in the eyes of their neighbors, relieve the men in the ranks of responsibility. For this reason, only a few went later into permanent hiding, and they were the men who had in positions of command.

Never kill a German," Leslie told them a few days later. "Put him in the hospital for six months instead. He's more bother to his commander alive than dead. A wounded soldier has to be looked after. A dead soldier is buried and forgotten.

Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland

We want playmates we can own

Wir verschwenden unsere Zeit", rief der Karierte. "Wir bündeln unsere Kräfte", sagte Gerhard. "Ich bitte um Ruhe und Geschlossenheit." "Schnauze jetzt!", schrie Kron. "Abmarsch!

The charge of the Light Brigade was forever memorialized as a moment of glorious sacrifice, as needless slaughters ordered by shortsighted generals so often are.

My instinct is to be very controlling.

Mr. Modi has to take instructions from Nagpur, and whatever Nagpur says, he will do.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

The purpose of the Sabbath is for spiritual uplift, for a renewal of our covenants, for worship, for prayer. It is for the purpose of feeding the spirit, that we may keep ourselves unspotted from the world by obeying God's command.

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set

The bold dictate the terms.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Repentance is mentioned seventy times in the New Testament . . . the Bible says God commands repentance . . . it is a command . . . God says, "Repent! Or perish!

What is heaven? It's the home that God created and He possesses. His throne room is His headquarters from which He issues His commands, directions, and prophecies. And Jesus sits at His Father's right hand.

Jesus, by example, tells us that every true leader should be a helper, a servant, or even a bondslave. This is a command, not a suggestion, and applies with special force to leaders.

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.

To every soul of man the way to freedom is through submission. We must obey before we can command.

Know the extent of your authority and exercise it. Establish and maintain authority.

The best leaders are well-rounded, able to draw on whatever skills suits the particular situation at hand. They are determined, insightful, shrewd, and, most important, able to command the attention of the people around them.

The way to have power is to take it.

You have your agency, and inspiration does not—perhaps cannot—flow unless you ask for it, or someone asks for you. No message in scripture is repeated more often than the invitation, even the command, to pray—to ask.

We are lived by drives we cannot command, and we are read by works we cannot resist.