Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Hasting - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I am a goalkeeper. My first duty is to save the goal. The second is to communicate with my defenders and organize… — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth. — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is. — Erich Fromm 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
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
The man who does not think it was America's duty to fight for her own sake in view of the infamous conduct… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
The vital energies regulate themselves naturally without compulsive duty or compulsive morality both of which are sure signs of existing antisocial impulses. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer. Let these be ever… — William Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The 21st century can and must be an American century. It began with terror, war, and economic calamity. It is our duty… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“It is because of the Biblical curse on man's search for knowledge, which has so paralyzed his mind during the past ages,… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
When a man is in God's grace and free from mortal sin, then everything that he does, so long as there is… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
