You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Simply duty hath no place for fear.
Simply duty hath no place for fear.
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the read more
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient
If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to
prevent it, it is read more
If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to
prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and to damn the
consequences.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and read more
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children
When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.