Asks Quote by Astley Cooper

“Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible…

— Mark Manson

“... It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring”

— Robyn Davidson

“One's own duty, though devoid of merit, is preferable to the duty of another well performed. Even death in the performance of one's own…

— Gita Press

This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done to thee, would cause thee pain.

— Vyasa

“As time rolls on, however, we discover that duty is a series of compromises; we contemplate life, regard its end, and submit; but it…

— Victor Hugo

“Laying down one's life to inflict pain on others is not praiseworthy or courageous. Sacrificing oneself to ease the pain of others is true…

— Anita Krishan

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions…

— N.W. Senior

“Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible…

— Mark Manson

When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if…

— Charles Horton Cooley

“Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.”

— Oscar Wilde

“All action must be performed with detachment. Regard pain, pleasure; gain, loss; victory, defeat as equal. Battle for battle’s sake with your mind completely…

— Meera Uberoi

“As we see, the priority stays with creatively changing the situation that causes us to suffer. But the superiority goes to the “know-how to…

— Victor E. Frankl