Quotes about Commands

Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light. Votes: 3

My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars Where stands a wingèd sentry All skillful in the wars: There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace is crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. Votes: 3

Man is his own star, and the soul that can, render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate: nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts are angels are, for good or ill: our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Votes: 3

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. Votes: 2

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. Votes: 2

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. Votes: 2

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. Votes: 2

God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings. Votes: 2

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Votes: 2

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. Votes: 2

As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makres plain the pathway. Votes: 2

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. Votes: 2

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. Votes: 2

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly. Votes: 2

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. Votes: 2

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to issue commands to the several sovereign states, but it had no authority to govern individuals directly. Votes: 2

Ladies and gentlemen, even my own staff challenges me. When I issue edicts, commands, orders, ideas, you would think that there would be overwhelming blanket acquiescence, approval, and support. Votes: 2

In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives the narrative? Who is in charge? Votes: 2

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?' Votes: 2

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God. Votes: 2

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. Votes: 2

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others. Votes: 2

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. Votes: 2

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage. Votes: 2

For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell. Votes: 2

Christ commands those who believe to be baptized. Pedobaptists adopt a system which tends to preclude the baptism of believers. They baptize the involuntary infant and deprive him of the privilege of ever professing his faith in the appointed way. If this system were universally adopted, it would banish believers' baptism out of the world. Votes: 2

When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we're simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two. Votes: 2

When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there's no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma. Votes: 2

I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before I left Calcutta: Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class. Votes: 2

Unpaid work never commands respect ... Votes: 0

When God commands, do it! Votes: 0

An obedient wife commands her husband. Votes: 0

Objectives are not commands; they are commitments. Votes: 0

Every good servant does not all commands. Votes: 0

The Dutchman sails as its captain commands! Votes: 0

She commands who is blest with indifference. Votes: 0

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands. Votes: 0

Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. Votes: 0

Fools follow rules when the set commands you. Votes: 0

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him. Votes: 0

He who commands the sea has command of everything. Votes: 0

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect. Votes: 0

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Votes: 0

What can the will do when the heart commands? Votes: 0

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it Votes: 0

God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry. Votes: 0

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands. Votes: 0

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do. Votes: 0

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. Votes: 0

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands. Votes: 0

The jingling of a fat purse always commands the world. Votes: 0

No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey. Votes: 0

Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently. Votes: 0

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. Votes: 0

Young people are not immune to following God's commands concerning discipline. Votes: 0

Blessing come to you when you are obedient to God's commands. Votes: 0

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. Votes: 0

God's commands are designed to guide you to life's very best. Votes: 0

He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands. Votes: 0

He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done. Votes: 0

I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it. Votes: 0

Do what the heart commands. The heart is our only guide. Votes: 0

I obey my own commands about as often as others do. Votes: 0

Talent is some one faculty unusually developed; genius commands all the faculties. Votes: 0

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Votes: 0

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings. Votes: 0

The leader should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands. Votes: 0

Jesus commands us to go - but we go the other way. Votes: 0

Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Votes: 0

Only they who fulfill God's commands have a claim on the Lord. Votes: 0

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one Votes: 0

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands. Votes: 0

All of Christ's commands are invitations and all of His invitations are commands. Votes: 0

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted. Votes: 0

Behold the life at ease; it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course. Votes: 0

When it comes to God's commands, the issue is not clarity; it's commitment. Votes: 0

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. Votes: 0

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice. Votes: 0

Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties. Votes: 0

The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care. Votes: 0

Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice. Votes: 0

Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people. Votes: 0

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Votes: 0

Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others. Votes: 0

Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us. Votes: 0

Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands. Votes: 0

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves. Votes: 0

Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear. Votes: 0

Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands. Votes: 0

Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills. Votes: 0

Time doesn't obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing. Votes: 0

For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands. Votes: 0

Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey. Votes: 0

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. Votes: 0

Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind Votes: 0

Members of society must obey the law because they personally believe that its commands are justified. Votes: 0

That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave. Votes: 0

Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication. Votes: 0

He who controls the past commands the future, He who commands the future, conquers the past. Votes: 0

The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. Votes: 0

In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends. Votes: 0

There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? Votes: 0

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed. Votes: 0

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant. Votes: 0

Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable. Votes: 0

What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands. Votes: 0

A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience. Votes: 0

It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods. Votes: 0

You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go. Votes: 0

Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. Votes: 0

My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind. Votes: 0

Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance. Votes: 0

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. Votes: 0

Google Glass is the wearable computer that responds to voice commands and displays information on a visual display. Votes: 0

Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple. Votes: 0

Love to Christ is proved by doing the things which He commands, and not merely saying, Lord, Lord. Votes: 0

The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. Votes: 0

I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file. Votes: 0

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself. Votes: 0

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart. Votes: 0

I have in my head a whole army of people pleading to be let out and awaiting my commands. Votes: 0

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made. Votes: 0

Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience. Votes: 0

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. Votes: 0

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite. Votes: 0

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous. Votes: 0

Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love. Votes: 0

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world. Votes: 0

When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it. Votes: 0

Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party. Votes: 0

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Votes: 0

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Votes: 0

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention. Votes: 0

The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy. Votes: 0

Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope. Votes: 0

We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life. Votes: 0

God is not naïve in the giving of His laws; He anticipates our disobedience even as He commands our obedience. Votes: 0

American Psalms challenges Christian patriots to put aside personal agendas, prejudices and partisanship, and pray for our leaders as God commands. Votes: 0

Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island controls the world. Votes: 0

It is the faith and perseverance and single-mindedness with which Hitler has perfected his weapons of destruction that commands my admiration. Votes: 0

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. Votes: 0

Potentially, the U.S. military has the ability to stop messages from being delivered or can alter commands without ISIS knowing. Votes: 0

The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears. Votes: 0

Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys. Votes: 0

Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Votes: 0

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills. Votes: 0

God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do. Votes: 0

Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth. Votes: 0

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. Votes: 0

God gives us the grace to accomplish what He calls us to do. His commands are also His promise of victory. Votes: 0

To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern. Votes: 0

Some of the old laws of Israel are clearly savage taboos of a familiar type thinly disguised as commands of the Deity. Votes: 0

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere. Votes: 0

People tend to say Christians are always judging, but the word of God convicts Christians and urges them to obey God's commands. Votes: 0

As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway. Votes: 0

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths Votes: 0

Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance. Votes: 0

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. Votes: 0

Actually, as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty and supremacy belongs to God. And therefore, we believe in submitting to the commands of God. Votes: 0

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept Votes: 0

Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be concealed; it ever commands our respect: assumed dignity, or importance, excites our ridicule and contempt. Votes: 0

The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop. Votes: 0

God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges Votes: 0

When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness. Votes: 0

If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue. Votes: 0

A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown. Votes: 0

Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and what's impossible, what we can and can not do. Votes: 0

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested. Votes: 0

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade. Votes: 0

Leadership crisis erupt when people who have not learnt how to obey instructions are given the privilege to give commands. Leaders are experienced servants. Votes: 0

The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it minds not. What is this monstrous thing? And why is it? Votes: 0

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander. Votes: 0

You seem to think you have a choice," Cam said. "But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands. Votes: 0

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses theinitiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defendmakes them timorous. Votes: 0

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. Votes: 0

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. Votes: 0

The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender to him the Gospel Votes: 0

Too many Christians reverse New Covenant commands as we seek, through condemnation of the world, the return of the never-existent, demonic myth of the "Christian Nation"! Votes: 0

In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands. Votes: 0

Scarcely any law of our Redeemer is more openly transgressed, or more industriously evaded, than that by which he commands his followers to forgive injuries. Samuel Votes: 0

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses! Votes: 0

study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit. Votes: 0

Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone. Votes: 0

There is no need for use of torture instruments such as ankush for controlling the elephants. We can do it with the help of verbal commands. Votes: 0

And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands. Votes: 0

In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category. Votes: 0

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men. Votes: 0

Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions. Votes: 0

When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out and it commands attention, it commands change. I'm talking about the power that's inside of you. Votes: 0

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. Votes: 0

Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of love, we do because we want to. Votes: 0

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive Votes: 0

The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear. Votes: 0

I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. Votes: 0

Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God's commands regarding sexual purity. Votes: 0

Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating. Votes: 0

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well. Votes: 0

Run, John, and work, the law commands,Yet give me neither feet nor hand.Much better new the Gospel brings:It bids me fly and gives me winds. Votes: 0

Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a Divine sanction to duty. Votes: 0

The law commands us to do what we would do naturally if we only had love. The Way consists of finding that love, which then becomes the law. Votes: 0

You should live fully and with enthusiasm, the commands of your faith, but it is not the role of the public servant to mandate that for everybody else. Votes: 0

How fortunate for governments that people do not think. There is no thinking except in giving and executing commands. If it were otherwise human society could not exist. Votes: 0

To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings. Votes: 0

Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God. Votes: 0

We do not believe in the educative power of words and commands alone, but seek cautiously, and almost without the child's knowing it, to guide his natural activity. Votes: 0

Marriage is supposed to be a union between two equals who love and support each other, not a master-slave relationship in which the man commands a docile woman. Votes: 0

Every parent's first responsibility is to teach his child that there is a God to whom he's accountable and that God has certain commands that we're obligated to obey. Votes: 0

A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought"¦ but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands. Votes: 0

What can be more honorable than to have courage enough to execute the commands of reason and conscience,--to maintain the dignity of our nature, and the station assigned us? Votes: 0

Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots. Votes: 0

Become a coach, not a king. A coach brings out the best in others, helping them to reach deep down inside and discover their potential. A king only gives commands. Votes: 0

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands. Votes: 0

What is central to morality is rational self-constraint (acting from duty), in cease where there is no other incentive to do your duty except that the moral law commands it. Votes: 0

If a rabbit defined intelligence the way man does, then the most intelligent animal would be a rabbit, followed by the animal most willing to obey the commands of a rabbit. Votes: 0

He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration. Votes: 0

A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer. Votes: 0

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love. Votes: 0

Universal coding for computers is sought that uses relative addresses and a pseudocode and that assembles and translates, printing out a directory of final addresses of key commands, variables, and constants. Votes: 0

It is important to remember that when it comes to law, computers never make copies, only human beings make copies. Computers are given commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission. Votes: 0

There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which does not seek belief but commands silence. Votes: 0

We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to be able to communicate effectively with everyone else. Votes: 0

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ. Votes: 0

God never meant that man should scale the Heavens By strides of human wisdom. In his works, Though wondrous, he commands us in his word To seek him rather where his mercy shines. Votes: 0

Whoso has sixpence is sovereign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,to the length of sixpence. Votes: 0

It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself. Votes: 0

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise. Votes: 0

Where will you find any code of laws among civilized men in which the commands and prohibitions are not founded on Christian principles? I need not specify the prohibition of murder, robbery, theft, trespass. Votes: 0

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die. Votes: 0

What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith. I was motivated by the law that commands me to cut off the head of anyone who insults Allah and his Prophet. Votes: 0

Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others. Votes: 0

What originates everything are the emotions, the feelings, what we call soul. Then the brain commands these feelings to the voice. The voice is just the vehicle; it's the very last step in the chain. Votes: 0

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it. Votes: 0

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed. Votes: 0

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed. Votes: 0

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life. Votes: 0

The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them. Votes: 0

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it." Votes: 0

The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die. Votes: 0

Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars. Votes: 0

Destiny commands... and imposes a sacred obligation to show up in the face of one's desire for a normal, casual life... there are other forces afoot of which consciousness has only the dimmest of understandings... Votes: 0