#command

Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed? ↗

— Anne Lamott

#jesus #faith

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. ↗

— Renee Ellmers

#believe #commandment #i #i believe #i believe in

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#bread #commandment #country #daily #daily bread

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#christians #church #commandments #faith #inspirational

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

— Italo Calvino

#ear #story #voice

Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003. ↗

— William Odom

#both #central #command #commanded #effect

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. ↗

— William Odom

#bottom #case #command #control #general

While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with. ↗

— William Odom

#certainly #chain #command #dealt #done

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

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#because #commands #get #had #i

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#command #decision #even #evil #mankind