To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
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An Israeli soldier who just enlisted asked the Commanding Officer for a 3 day pass. The CO says, 'Are you crazy? You just join the Israeli army, and you already want a 3 day pass? You must do something spectacular for that recognition!' So the soldier com
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Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.
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I am now here in Congress I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure.
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What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.
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None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it
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If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so.
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Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Deuteronomy 6:6:
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
(NIV)
And these words which I am commanding you this day shall be [first] in your [own] minds and hearts; [then](AMP)
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
(KJV)
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I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.
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