Quotes about Command
It is the fault of the orders, which are too rigid. There is no allowance for a change in circumstance.
- Ernest Hemingway
Jesus didn't command his followers to feel something. He commanded them to do some things.
- Andy Stanley
Words are the verbal embodiment of power.
- Robin Sharma
The first word God speaks to human beings in the Bible—God's very first commandment—is "Eat freely" (Genesis 2:16, NASB). The last words out of God's mouth in the Bible—his final command? "Drink freely" (see Revelation 22:17).
- Leonard Sweet
Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.
- Charles Swindoll
They are direct commands. This means too little time, too many responsibilities, too many kids, too much work, too little desire, too little experience, and so on are not excuses that exempt us from the expectation to pray.
- Donald Whitney
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
- DL Moody
The mind of a queen Is a thing to fear. A queen is used To giving commands, not obeying them; And her rage once roused is hard to appease.
- Euripides
I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.
- Billy Sunday
My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command.
- Zachary Taylor
The great test of life is obedience to God.
- Ezra Taft Benson