Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen." — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I feel it's my duty to tell the story not of an individual but of a community. — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
The American people are expecting us to put party politics aside and get things done - and not doing so is a… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Do today's duty, fight today's temptation; do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
This idea that once you get into politics... you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I'm a conservative because I believe we're here on this earth to do a little more than crawl through life, comfortable in… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Communication is truth; communication is happiness. To share is our duty; to go down boldly and bring to light those hidden thoughts… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men,… — Wilfrid Laurier Copy Share Image
The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Part of understanding the notion of Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live...it takes an awful lot of living… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Both love of mankind, and respect for their rights are duties; the former however is only a conditional, the latter an unconditional,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
To have the fear of God before our eyes, and, in our mutual dealings with each other, to govern our actions by… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Spiritually speaking, every human being has a destiny and a duty to perform. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in… — John Banville Copy Share Image
I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny. — Zell Miller Copy Share Image
I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
I'm a gamer, so I play '2k,' 'Call of Duty,' and 'Madden.' I think I can play those games every day. — Trey Burke Copy Share Image
I was filming 'Father Brown' when my agent told me about the audition. As soon as I heard the words 'Line of… — Claudia Jessie Copy Share Image
The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. — William Carey Copy Share Image
'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every parent, citizens, yours and mine to strengthen among boys the sense of respect towards women. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse… — Ernst Kaltenbrunner Copy Share Image
