It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
I cannot stand Tolstoy, and reading him was the most boring literary duty I ever had to perform, his philosophy and his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
He’d developed a strangely tender feeling towards such words, as if they were children abandoned in the woods and it was his… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Whatsoever you can be you are. There is no goal. And we are not going anywhere. We are simply celebrating here. Existence… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty,… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Go in all simplicity; do not be anxious to win a quiet mind, and it will be all the quieter. Do not… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
In the broader sense, work is the means to achieve happiness, prosperity. and salvation. When work and duty and joy are commingled,… — J. Richard Clarke Copy Share Image
Abiding happiness is not simply a possibility, but a duty all may live above the troubles of life worry is a poison… — Newell Dwight Hillis Copy Share Image
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one… — Adam Rickitt Copy Share Image
Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You must now know that the most important thing is not duties… — Stig Dagerman Copy Share Image
It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
“That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty. To make everything better.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The sole duty of a man is to love his Maker with all his soul.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
In a lifetime among cops since, I've noted that investigators who piece together the aftermaths of home invasion murders tend to keep… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Moving to the forefront of advanced nations is not a choice but a national duty. This requires, among other things, erecting the… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Copy Share Image
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties,… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians,… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
