We could reach a point where I cannot perform my duty. Then I will not continue sitting in this place, against and in spite of my convictions.

The Prince, XVIII, 5

beyond the pleasure principle,” ignoring the pursuit of pleasures. For Lacan, exactly the same description holds for desire, which is why enjoyment is not something that comes naturally to the subject, as a realization of...

I believe for some high-technology medicine, like transplants and kidney dialysis, age should be a consideration in the delivery of that technology. In a world of limited resources, we have a larger duty to a...

Your right actions might hurt someone, so if required apologize for your right actions, but don’t stop taking right actions.

She very much feared that if she stayed with Maximus, this awful taint – this terribly wrong act – would, day by day, year by year, wear at her until she was no more than...

Leave fears aside, clean tears away! Tell God “here I am, use me!” and he’ll give you the assignments that will make your life a fulfilled one. Now dress up to work!

As a young man, he had instinctively husbanded the freshness of his powers. At the time, it was too soon to see that this freshness was giving birth to vivacity and gaiety, and shape to...

She was determined, as she felt it to be her duty, to try to overcome all that was excessive.

Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your...

You can always tell duty. It’s what you don’t want to do–it’s what you fight against inside you. Duty’s when you realize how it’ll hurt other people and you choose between that and what would...

renounce his personality,” and while he states living as a duty, it also conveys a kind of freedom: we are not burdened with the obligation of judging whether our personality is worth maintaining, whether our...

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it’s an absolute duty.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Duty doesn’t always fit comfortably.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright

Sometimes, on duty, if one trusts a stranger, one’s nerves are on edge. What if I am making a mistake!

Waiting Upon the Lord” By Henry B. Eyring, BYU Speeches, 30 Sept 1990

Money should not direct you to what to do and what not to do; the giver of the money is responsible for playing that role.

So they will not love, for love is the bane of honour, the death of duty.

A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well,...

We have a duty to care for the environment.

Working hard is a fool’s anthem, getting others to work for you is the motto for every successful man.

Don’t think about it. Think, and your actions will betray your thoughts. Don’t feel bloodlust. Keep a calm heart. Move forward.

The MoD must discharge its duty to ensure British forces are properly trained and equipped to deploy. Events demanding their attention do not always announce themselves in advance.

The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it’s scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! If you can’t find...

If you boys… you men can do what has to be done when you’d rather do almost anything else, why do you think I will do less? Or Egwene

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of...

I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is...

We just go by the book and conduct thorough inspections, and it is our duty to maintain that regulatory framework. It is up to private-sector companies what decisions they make.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

An off-duty officer should be able to carry weapons anywhere. We’re an asset to public safety.

Man was the last of Creation but was given the duty to care for the Earth and all other created living creatures.

Whoever fails in the consideration generally due to the interests and feelings of others, not being compelled by some more imperative duty, or justified by allowable self-preference, is a subject of moral disapprobation for that...

Anyone who were found guilty of dereliction of duty will be harshly dealt with.

It’s a collateral duty. These guys don’t just fly. They do other stuff.

When the coaches receives from you such treatment, how much worse treatment you deserve for not fulfilling your duty and for disappointing the expectations that you have raised by your being a man?

You have control over doing your respective duty, but no control or claim over the result. Fear of failure, from being emotionally attached to the fruit of work, is the greatest impediment to success because...

Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.

Those who wish even to focus on the problem of a Christian ethic are faced with an outrageous demand-from the outset they must give up, as inappropriate to this topic, the very two questions that...

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

Life is duty and obligation, therefore love, too, is a duty. It’s as if God sent it to me,’ she said, looking up at the sky, ‘and told me to love.’p. 265

There is a reason immigration is federal duty. It should be left to federal immigration officials.

…love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow…

He was aware of the irony that he who prized his freedom and willingness to seek the truth had been happiest when he had a defined purpose, a sense of duty and obligation, and a...

The four were suspended from duty today (Tuesday), pending the outcome of an internal disciplinary probe by the department into their involvement in fraud and corruption.

Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.

Consult duty not events.

It is the writer’s duty to tell the terrible truth, and it is a reader’s civic duty to learn this truth. To turn away, to close one’s eyes and walk past is to insult the...

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.