Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Though sin may be in the Christian, yet it hath no more dominion over him; he hath an unfeigned respect to all… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
I think that as the guardian of justice elected by the people it's our duty to use whatever forms of force, police,… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[John McCain] stopped connecting and just looked at my chest and decided, "I'm just gonna continue to talk about honor and duty… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The everyday cares and duties, which men call drudgery, are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time, giving its pendulum… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and… — Wilhelm II Copy Share Image
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
Kant does not think there is anything wrong with being beneficent from sympathy. He thinks we have a duty to cultivate sympathetic… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
To the shepherds alone was given all power to teach, to judge, to direct; on the faithful was imposed the duty of… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The folkish-minded man, in particular, has the sacred duty, each in his own denomination, of making people stop just talking superficially of… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
No, life has not disappointed me. On the contrary, I find it truer, more desirable and mysterious every year -- ever since… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the… — Pranab Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they… — Larry Wilcox Copy Share Image
The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a… — Peter Forsyth Copy Share Image
Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image
I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Whoever functions in an office or calling received from one who holds priesthood keys exercises priesthood authority in performing her or his… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
“Therefore, perform your allotted duty; for action is superior to inaction. Desisting from action, you cannot even maintain your body. (Chapter-III, Shloka- 8)” — Gita Press Copy Share Image
Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Even virtue itself, all perfect as it is, requires to be inspirited by passion; for duties are but coldly performed which are… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
The duty I owe to the slave, to truth, and to God, demands that I should use my pen and tongue so… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
“It is everyone's bounden duty to try to get more than they have got already. If you have got two shillin' you… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“...we are to be lights in the world. It is God's business to light us, to set us on the lampstand, and… — Marva J. Dawn Copy Share Image
The price of being oneself is so high and involves so much ruthlessness toward others (or what looks like ruthlessness in our… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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