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Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience.
It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.
God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.
If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.
When God gives a command or a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but what we will do.
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.
How I shall miss Alan Rickman, his beautiful command of English, and a voice he played like a musical instrument.
I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth.
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.
Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.
Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.
I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.
Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to go to others to share the gospel.
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.
In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Yes, O Great One, I shall do as you command. Then when we come back empty-pawed, you'll admit I was right." - Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw
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.
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.
It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good.
I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.
Perhaps we humans are still in command, and perhaps there really will be a conventional robot war in the not-so-distant future. If so, let's roll.
To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.
She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession and command of her gifts.
I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was Take, eat: not Take, understand.
Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake.
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation.