It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother’s first duty to her children is to secure for them… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
An Indian philosopher, being asked what were, according to his opinion, the two most beautiful things in the universe, answered: The starry… — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Copy Share Image
Your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up,… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Duty reaches down the ages in its effects, and into eternity; and when the man goes about it resolutely, it seems to… — William Mountford Copy Share Image
A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now… — George Will Copy Share Image
Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
The sluggish economy is creating a situation where the young people in Japan cannot cherish their desires or have prospects for their… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is not a woman’s duty to disclose that she’s trans to every person she meets. This is not safe for a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal.… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal,… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
My uncomfortable duty as a Christian is to confess the truth, so lethal to our self-centered human nature: 'Jesus, who suffered your… — Gordon Dalbey Copy Share Image
Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“You can always tell duty. It's what you don't want to do--it's what you fight against inside you. Duty's when you realize… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
My brother was a huge gamer back when he was in high school, and I started off with 'Call of Duty' pretty… — De'Aaron Fox Copy Share Image
It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Leaving the military doesn't mean leaving our commitment to America behind. Those qualities - grit, honor and duty - stay with us,… — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
we would understand much more about life’s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead of wasting… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“It is the duty of every wise person to seek out people with potential and freely guide them on the path of… — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
“In Sanskrit, there exists no word for ‘The Individual’ (L’Individu). En Grèce antique, il n’y avait aucun mot pour dire ‘Devoir’ (Duty).… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Our kids' lives depend upon keeping them safe. That has to be a fundamental duty and responsibility for me as mayor. That… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I fell asleep and dreamed that life was only Happiness. I woke and discovered that life was Duty. I did my Duty… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our duty is to understand youth, but more, to help them understand themselves that they may release their varied abilities... We must… — Henrietta Mears Copy Share Image
I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness… — Sadao Araki Copy Share Image
I don't mean it egotistically, but I've been given the chance to be in front of people and sing, and I feel… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
