Duty Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Download Open image “The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Duty Duty Powers Ends Great End Joy Joy Duty Power Root Joy Roots
The joy of life is to put out one's power in some natural and useful or harmless way. There is no other. And the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself.” — Wendy Beckett Copy Share Image
The things that bring you the greatest joy are in alignment with your purpose. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force… — Gorge Bernard Copy Share Image
Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Free competition is worth more to society than it costs. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Few political debates have been as divisive as the European one. I fought as hard as I could on the Remain side, but I… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Is that what they teach you at the convent? That the gods demand the hearts from our bodies?” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her… — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“You have a right to be sad, and a duty to move on. Only wins who wipes the tears, gather strength and move forward.” — Augusto Branco Copy Share Image
Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
May God bless each of us in our calls to serve. May our faith strengthen as we serve in righteousness, faithfully keeping the commandments.… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
Regardless of how you feel about war and peace those serving military are doing a duty for the rest of us and they're protecting… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
