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“Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
--Artemis Fowl”
― The Artemis Fowl Files
--Artemis Fowl”
― The Artemis Fowl Files
“that your power of command
with simple language was
one of the magnificent things of
our century.
(from the poem: result)”
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with simple language was
one of the magnificent things of
our century.
(from the poem: result)”
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“If anyone has a problem with Blaire then they need to take it up with me. She has a job here as long as she wants one. The three of you may not like it but I personally don’t give a flying fuck. So get over it. She doesn’t need this shit right now. Back off. Are we understood?”
― Never Too Far
― Never Too Far
“The sign of a good leader is easy to recognize, though it is hardly ever seen. For the greatest leaders are those who share as equals in the trials and struggles, the demands and expectations, the hills and trenches, the laws and punishments placed upon the backs of those governed. A great leader is motivated not by power but by compassion. Therefore he can do nothing but make himself a servant to those whom he rules. Such a leader is unequivocally respected, and loved for loving.”
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Stamp, your name is to be Laura. I'm sharing my name with you. I'm putting my power into you and you must do my work. Don't listen to anyone but me. You are to be my command laid on my enemy. you'll make a hole in him through which he'll drip away until he runs dry. As he drips out darkness, we'll smile together, me inside, you outside. We'll crush him between our smiles.”
― The Changeover
― The Changeover
“Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are part of man's natural endowment, get full play there. The man who has grown great sees from the top of his tower what he can make, if he so wills, of the swarming masses below him.”
― ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth
― ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth
“Don't lose hope. If your hope gets lost, the other side called "failure" begins to win! The quickest medicine to heal a depressed soul is to command; "arise my soul and praise the Lord". Hope is the clothe piece in which wraps a healthy soul!”
― The Great Hand Book of Quotes
― The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“She re-marked her lips with her lipstick. I saw sprays of silver in her coarse hair. I saw inscriptions of her years around her mouth, a solid crease between her brows from a lifetime of cynicism. The posture of a woman who had stood in a casual spotlight in every room she'd ever been in, not for gloss or perfection, for self-possession. Everything she touched she added an apostrophe to.”
― Sweetbitter
― Sweetbitter
“The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory. You can't document the war's progress on a world map or chart it on a historical timetable in a way that makes any sense. A country used to a feeling of being in command and control has been whipsawed into a state of perpetual reaction, swinging wildly between passive fear and fevered, often thoughtless, activity, at a high cost to its self-confidence.”
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“Always be in command of your music. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“I feel a guard's hand close on my arm. Then Cardan's voice comes.
"Do not touch her."
A terrible silence follows. I wait for him to pronounce judgement on me. Whatever he commands will be done. His power is absolute. I don't even have the strength to fight back.
"Whatever can you mean?" Randalin says. "She's-"
"She is my wife,"
Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd.
"The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.”
― The Queen of Nothing
"Do not touch her."
A terrible silence follows. I wait for him to pronounce judgement on me. Whatever he commands will be done. His power is absolute. I don't even have the strength to fight back.
"Whatever can you mean?" Randalin says. "She's-"
"She is my wife,"
Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd.
"The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“All the inspirations comes from God. Where did the devil gets his inspiration to disobey the command of his Creator?”
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“Even night is a gesture, sleep
a cog in its wheel of stars. Lie down.
At some point you lie down.”
― Cadaver, Speak
a cog in its wheel of stars. Lie down.
At some point you lie down.”
― Cadaver, Speak
“She preferred to avoid battles with them now so she would have authority with them later if she needed to use it.
They never say it's one thing to be given command by your superiors and another to be given it by the men under you, she thought as she and Neal rode back to Haven.”
― Lady Knight
They never say it's one thing to be given command by your superiors and another to be given it by the men under you, she thought as she and Neal rode back to Haven.”
― Lady Knight
“Catelyn could only watch him go. Her son and now her king. How queer that felt. Command, she had told him back in Moat Cailin. And so he did.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
“A man who is thirsty stands before a fountain. "No," he says, "I will never touch a drop of moisture as long as I live. Cannot I get my thirst quenched in my own way?" We tell him, no; he must drink or die. He says, "I will never drink; but it is a hard thing that I must therefore die. It is a bigoted, cruel thing to tell me so." He is wrong. His thirst is the inevitable result of neglecting a law of nature. You, too, must believe or die; why refuse to obey the command? Drink, man, drink! Take Christ and live.”
― Around the Wicket Gate
― Around the Wicket Gate
“The capacity for self-surrender, he said, for becoming a tool, for the most unconditional and utter self-abnegation, was but the reverse side of that other power to will and to command. Commanding and obeying formed together one single principle, one indissoluble unity; he who knew how to obey knew also how to command, and conversely; the one idea was comprehended in the other, as people and leader were comprehended in one another.”
― Mario and the Magician
― Mario and the Magician
“But that’s part of being in charge, Jan. Maybe the most important part. You can’t let your people get fucked over. Not if you expect them to follow you.”
― Orphan Brigade
― Orphan Brigade
“Marching is all very well,” she said to her son, “but where, and to what purpose? What do you mean to do?”
Robb hesitated. "(..)I’m not certain . . . ”
“Be certain, or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Rob —these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
(...)“I’ll ask you again. What do you mean to do?”
― A Game of Thrones
Robb hesitated. "(..)I’m not certain . . . ”
“Be certain, or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Rob —these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
(...)“I’ll ask you again. What do you mean to do?”
― A Game of Thrones
“Marching is all very well,” she said to her son, “but where, and to what purpose? What do you mean to do?”
Robb hesitated. "(...)I’m not certain . . . ”
“Be certain, or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Rob —these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
(...)“I’ll ask you again. What do you mean to do?”
― A Game of Thrones
Robb hesitated. "(...)I’m not certain . . . ”
“Be certain, or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Rob —these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
(...)“I’ll ask you again. What do you mean to do?”
― A Game of Thrones
“Cameron gave a moving picture of a man longing to escape from his trammels, but within the framework of a freedom which was all that a King would be allowed. One evening the King ordered the train to halt beside a beach near Port Elizabeth. Police appeared and roped off a large crowd of onlookers into two halves:
― George VI: The Dutiful King
Down the path from the Royal Train walked a solitary figure in a blue bathrobe, carrying a towel. The sea was a long way off, but he went. And all alone, on the great empty beach, between the surging banks of the people who might not approach, the King of England stepped into the Indian Ocean and jumped up and down – the loneliest man, at that moment, in the world.”
― George VI: The Dutiful King
“Ultimately the work has to command the podium. - David J. Schow”
― The Carnival and Other Stories
― The Carnival and Other Stories
“Summon your wings,' Sloth said, finally, lifting his icy gaze to Envy's face.
'Shall I roll over or fetch next?”
― Throne of the Fallen
'Shall I roll over or fetch next?”
― Throne of the Fallen
“The question is, where would he get a bomb? I mean, if he doesn't have a Russian missile silo or a missile sub at his command, where does he get a bomb? Does he buy it at Eddie Bauer's?”
― The Day Before Midnight
― The Day Before Midnight
“The soul enters the human body by God's command. Taking it off is not human's right. It must return by his command.”
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“Weak people command others while strong people command themselves, those weak people are a slave to their inconsistent power.”
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“The Marine Corps’ style of warfare requires intelligent leaders with a penchant for boldness and initiative down to the lowest levels. Boldness is an essential moral trait in a leader for it generates combat power beyond the physical means at hand. Initiative, the willingness to act on one’s own judgment, is a prerequisite for boldness. These traits carried to excess can lead to rashness, but we must realize that errors by junior leaders stemming from overboldness are a necessary part of learning.”
― Warfighting
― Warfighting
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