#comma

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. ↗

— David Brainerd

#being #better #business #commands #desire

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

#being #certainly #charge #chief #command

I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#attention #believe #capacity #commands #communicate

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

— Edmund Burke

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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#art #attention #commanding #conversation #easily

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

— Edwin Louis Cole

#demands #fast #fasting #god #hunger

I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them. ↗

— Vladimir Horowitz

#command #general #i #i am #keys

Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he's a very good artist. ↗

— Ronald Harwood

#artist #comma #detail #every #examined

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ↗

— George Herbert

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Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families. ↗

— Colin Powell

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