Accepting Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

— George Eliot

In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should ask ourselves,…

— Astley Cooper

There is generally no such thing as duty to the people who do it. They simply take life as it comes, meeting, not, shirking…

— Mary Abigail Dodge

“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

It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.

— Publilius Syrus

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

— Henry Edward Manning

One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs…

— Morris West

Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope…

— John Banville

“Duty is an act of obedience stemming from respect, whilst willing desire is an act of freedom. To do something out of obedience is…

— Jill Thrussell

When we combine acceptance with self-responsibility we can then see that whenever we are in a painful or disturbing situation we have two choices:…

— Lee L Jampolsky

“Uncertainty and fear are relieved by authority. Training is authority.”

— Ryan Holiday

Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.

— Tryon Edwards