Command Quotes - page 3

The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they are independent and not under the command of the president or the government. The states would control the militia, only when called out into the service of the state, and then the governor would be commander in chief where enumerated in the respective state constitution. (Alexander Hamilton)
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions. (1). View quote
Epictetus
The notion of a formal structure of command must be abandoned. It is more useful to think of the mature corporation as a series of concentric circles. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back. View quote
George S. Patton
The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about reactions against themselves would simply not put forward negative information. View quote
Marvin Bower
Command is often not what you do but the way you do it. View quote
Christopher Vokes
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves. View quote
George Washington
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. View quote
George Washington
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words. View quote
Barbara Walters
Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent. View quote
Donna Tartt
Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages. (Camille Paglia)
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. View quote
George Washington Carver
Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love. View quote
Jack Vance
The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes. View quote
Thomas Gray
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions. View quote
Oscar Hammerstein II
Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army! View quote
Hilaire Belloc
Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education. View quote
Richard Steele
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do. View quote
Ulysses S. Grant
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. View quote
Alan Watts
We can't command our love, but we can our actions. View quote
Arthur Conan Doyle
She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself. (Jane Austen)
When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. View quote
David Hume
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. View quote
Anthony Robbins
Almighty Framer of the Skies! O let our pure devotion rise, Like Incense in thy Sight! Wrapt in impenetrable Shade, The Texture of our Souls were made, Till thy Command gave Light. View quote
Thomas Chatterton
That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it. View quote
Charles Caleb Colton