I Quotes
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“It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India
“It is the doctors who desert the dying and there is so much to be learned about pain.”
“It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort.”
“It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat, or”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“It is the doom of men that they forget.”
“It is the doubt of success that insures the fulfillment of that doubt.”
“It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.”
“It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying out.”
“It is the dream of parents and grandparents that their children and grandchildren have a better lot in life: better experiences and more opportunities. That was my dream for my children, and now it’s my dream for my grandchildren. I have seen that having the gospel in your life as a youth and living it opens doors of opportunities that allow more to be accomplished. The gospel provides more protection against the generational curses that seem to plague people.”
Source: My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints
“It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.”
Source: Prejudices Second Series
“It is the duty of a child to obey his parent.”
“It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.”
“It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.”
“It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but such as any man may arrive at.”
Source: The Spectator: A New Edition
“It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because of the malignity of the times, that this good finally can be done by another more loved in heaven.”
“It is the duty of a non-co-operator to preach disaffection towards the existing order of things. Non-co-operators are but giving disciplined expression to a nation's outraged feelings.”
Source: Young India: 1919-1922
“It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that it is respected by those who are in his charge. Moreoever, it is the duty of a faithful minister not to exceed his powers and not to abuse his office in pride, but, rather, to administer it for the benefit of his subjects.”
Source: Lectures on Romans
“It is the duty of all Christians to take a stand against cruelty in all its forms, as God would have us do.”
“Some of the earliest radical animal rights reformists were Evangelical Christians. We should study and embrace this link!”
-Shenita Etwaroo”
“It is the duty of all magicians to give entertainment.”
“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.”
Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.”
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,. to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits , and humbly to implore his protection and favor... beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed”
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.”
“It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day.”
“It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.”
Source: Selecta: expository writing
“It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status.”
“It is the duty of all who make philosophy the entertainment of their lives, to turn their thoughts to practical schemes for the good of society, and not pass away their time in fruitless searches, which tend rather to the ostentation of knowledge than the service of life.”
Source: The Tatler. The Guardian. The Freeholder. The Whig-examiner. The lover. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals. Remarks on several parts of Italy, etc. The present state of the war. The late trial and conviction of Count Tariff. The evidences of the Christian religion. Essay on Virgil's Georgics. Poems on several occasions. Translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poemata. Rosamond. Cato. The drummer
“It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein has brought military action upon himself by refusing for 12 years to comply with the mandates of the United Nations. The brave and capable men and women of our armed forces and those who are with us will quickly, I know, remove him once and for all as a threat to his neighbors, to the world, and to his own people, and I support their doing so.”
“It is the duty of each one of us to be a holy woman. We shall have elevated aims, if we are holy women.”
“It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.”
“It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.”
“It is the duty of every citizen, for his own welfare, if for no other patriotic reason, to support and fight for and possibly initiate measures having to do with conservation of soil, water and forests.”
“It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.”
Source: All Religions are True
“It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.”
“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.”
“It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.”
“It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.”
Source: The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies
“It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.”
“It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
“It is the duty of every person to contribute in the development and progress of India.”
“It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife”
“It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.”
“It is the duty of every wise person to seek out people with potential and freely guide them on the path of wisdom. By doing so, the wise leaders of the future are born, and the world will have a chance to mend itself.”
“It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.”
“It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, colonialization, or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands.”
“It is the duty of machines and those who design them to understand people. It is not our duty to understand the arbitrary, meaningless dictates of machines.”
Source: The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
“It is the duty of man to raise up man.”
“It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.”
Source: The Real Benjamin Franklin
“It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being... Almighty God would mercifully interpose and still the rage of war among the nations... He would take this province under His protection, confound the designs and defeat the attempts of its enemies, and unite our hearts and strengthen our hands in every undertaking that may be for the public good, and for our defense and security in this time of danger.”