Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, And hear His pardoning voice Changes a slave into a child, And duty into choice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is highly interesting to our country, and it is the duty of its functionaries, to provide that every citizen in it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is undeniably the duty of the opposition party to field a credible slate of candidates for the nation's highest office. — James Carville Copy Share Image
I love trying to give some flesh to rather naked bones sometimes. I've always felt it my duty and to try and… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
There are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers… — Frederick Douglass 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
I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason… — Rashad Evans Copy Share Image
The bounden duty of a true believer towards men who profess to be Christians, and yet deny the Word of the Lord,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I love the Holy Spirit. I can't stand to see it being disrespected. It's been there for me at times when I… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
Somehow it must be made plain that the lawyer's moral judgment is not for hire, that there are occasions when the lawyer… — Harry Jones Copy Share Image
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We had the biggest democratic exercise, and the majority voted to leave the E.U. It is our duty to make sure we… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
At least in cities where the Confederate Army established a base of operations, young women were overwhelmed by the number of prospective… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
JACK Your duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNON My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend's house, or the burglar in your own, or what danger… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe him,” said Hermione in a very unsteady voice, the moment they were out of earshot of Hagrid. “I don’t… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Upon this law, depend the natural rights of mankind, the supreme being gave existence to man, together with the means of preserving… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“One could even argue that we have a duty to create and pass on stories about choice because once a person knows… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
This can never become popular, and, indeed, has no occasion to be so; for fine-spun arguments in favour of useful truths make… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
