#duty

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do. ↗

— John Adams

#duty

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world. ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#self #world #duty

There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked that they must not be allowed. When you can be perfectly certain that the other man started them, then is the time when you might have a sort of duty to stop them. ↗

— T.H. White

#fighting #right #war #duty

i'm your enemy, meghan. never forget that. if Mab tells me to kill you in front of the entire court, it's my duty to obey. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#magic #romance #duty

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity. ↗

— Alan Watts

#duty #full #god #idea #infinity

Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret." Odd Thomas ↗

— Dean Koontz

#odd-thomas #apocalypse

The most difficult challenge an honest man will ever face is having to choose between duty and love. One creates a man of honorable character; a life worth dying for. The other creates a vulnerable soul that madly yearns for either death or immortality. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#commitment #duty #eena #honor #love

The voice of love calls to you, my son. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#caring #duty #love #responsibility #romance

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#deeply #duty #holy #holy scriptures #interest

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough. ↗

— John Abizaid

#clearly #duty #enormous #enough #fact