Might Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

— Seneca the Younger

“A man ought to learn from his mistakes.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us,…

— Thomas Reid

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

— Frank Delaney

“I don't think things ought to be done because you are able to do them. I think they should be done because you ought…

— T.H. White

“We know that giving someone ideas as to what they ‘should’ do and how they should ‘change’ to be more effective, often has the…

— Richard Boyatzis

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we…

— Abraham Lincoln

“The phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that…

— Terry Pratchett

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances…

— Gilbert Parker

Nobody loves the way he ought to, he loves the way he has to or is allowed to.

— Vikrant Parsai

“A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.”

— John Adams

“that deed and word should be in accord, that a man should be equal to himself under all conditions, and always the same.”

— Seneca