The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The truth is that the only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing. I don't understand people who like to… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
There are so many influencers out there and I'm just a drop in the ocean but we all have a shared duty… — Zara McDermott Copy Share Image
It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers. — Jupiter Hammon Copy Share Image
In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should… — Astley Cooper Copy Share Image
Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and… — Theodore T. Munger Copy Share Image
It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
The feminization of America has made emotions sacrosanct while condemning as cold and unfeeling rigorous concepts such as duty andhonor. Propelled by… — Florence King Copy Share Image
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every Christian must be convinced of his fundamental and vital duty of bearing witness to the truth in which he believes and… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
The whole duty of man consists in being reasonable and just I am reasonable because I know the difference between understanding and… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
As a society we have a duty to remove representations of dishonor that represent the hateful ideologies of bigotry and invidious discrimination. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is a happy thing for us that this is really all we have to concern ourselves about--what to do next. No… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the… — Howard Cosell Copy Share Image
Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God. — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
