Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance read more

Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what read more

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me read more

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

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

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our pilgrimage here: the saving of read more

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our pilgrimage here: the saving of his own soul, and secondarily and incidentally thereby affecting for good such other souls as come under our influence

He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke

He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations win and preserve the heart.