Cold Quote by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

— Frank Delaney

I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.

— Charles Darwin

Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.

— Candace Bushnell

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole…

— Annie Besant

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.

— Gerald Jampolsky

I believe that should is one of the most damaging words in our language. Every time we use it, we are, in effect, saying…

— Louise Hay

We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who…

— Pema Chodron

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

— George Santayana

Tomorrows were full of awful things. Today, now, was the essential.

— Ariana Franklin

In my family, we seem to have a tortured history of not saying what we ought to and not meaning what we do.

— Jodi Picoult

It’s so dangerous to idealize anything, or anyone, or any place, because it gives that thing or person or place a kind of permission…

— Lynn Coady

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our…

— William Cowper