Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-07-29 Jul 29, 2004True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free.~ James Russell LowellAn avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates his duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.~ Thomas Paine Jul 28, 2004Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty -- the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.~ Mark TwainWe all know our duty better than we discharge it.~ John RandolphParties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of a field in hope that the cow will back up to them.~ Elbert Hubbard Jul 27, 2004I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.~ Albert SchweitzerI long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.~ Helen KellerThere is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.~ Mary Lyon Jul 26, 2004The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.~ Albert EinsteinNo more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.~ Edwin Hubbel ChapinWhen we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.~ George O'Neil Jul 23, 2004Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiActivate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.~ Thomas KempisThe measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.~ Thomas Babington Macaulay Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print