For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
“His duty he always faithfully did; but duty is sometimes a dry obligation, and he was for irrigating its aridity whensoever possible… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not… — Trent Reznor 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
Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is evil to justify killing (unborn babies) by the happy outcome of eternity for the one killed. This same justification could… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Perhaps the fact that I am not a Radical or a believer in the all powerful ballot for women to right her… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
We have a duty towards music; namely to invent it. ...Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We all live in a society where someone who lives right across hasn't eaten and you don't know it or you are… — Juliet Asante Copy Share Image
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Fair, rich confusion is all the aim of an old-fashioned flower garden, and the greater the confusion, the richer. You want to… — Anna Bartlett Warner Copy Share Image
Slackers might look like the left-behinds of society, but they are actually one step ahead, rejecting most of society and the social… — Richard Linklater 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
I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good… — Charles Warren Stoddard Copy Share Image
“Surely you can entrust your task to your friends." "No," said Taran, after a long pause, "I have taken it on myself… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
If we can give up attachment to our roles as helpers, then maybe our clients can give up attachment to their roles… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Who has ever attempted to draw a line of separation between the duties of men and women, as moral beings, without committing… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
We believe it is our duty to deliver on the result of the E.U. referendum while maintaining close economic ties with our… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
When society is rightly organized, the wife and mother will have time, wish and will to grow intellectually, and will know that… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or… — James R. Clapper Copy Share Image
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is… — Charles Inglis Copy Share Image
Isn't it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn't it every generation's duty to be dismayed by the previous generation?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
We would often rather seem dutiful to others than to succeed in our duties; and often we would rather tell our friends… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“They always seemed to know everything, but now there is only me, and it seems I know nothing, not even my duty.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God,… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
Thought may well be ever ranging, And opinion ever changing, Task-work be, though ill begun, Dealt with by experience better; By the… — Arthur Hugh Clough Copy Share Image
