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“Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger to bear its daily cross. The Mass is the most holy act of religion; you can do nothing that can give greater glory to God or be more profitable for your soul than to hear Mass both frequently and devoutly. It is the favorite devotion of the saints.”

Giving Soul Whole Inspiration Faith Can Do Greater Duty Bears Holy Mass Glory Crosses Stronger Catholic Saint Devotion Your Soul Profitable Glory Of God

Author:Peter Julian Eymard

“Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.”

People Ifs Men Children War Government School Strong Cities Cases Military Objects Duty Bears Citizens Fit Authority Devil Dear Obligation Rulers Rifles Spears Strong Man Military Service

Author:Martin Luther

“God grant that as our horizon of duty is widened, our minds may widen with it; that as our burden is increased, our shoulders may be strengthened to bear it. God grant to us that spirit of wisdom and understanding, uprightness, and godly fear, without which, even in greatest things there is nothing; with which, even in the smallest things there is every thing.”

Mind May Spirit Understanding Duty Bears Burden Shoulders Grants Horizon Smallest Godly Uprightness

Book:Thoughts that breathe

Source: Thoughts that breathe

“Tis the established custom [in Vienna] for every lady to have two husbands, one that bears the name, and another that performs the duties.”

Two Names Duty Bears Husband Customs Vienna

Book:Turkish Embassy Letters

Source: Turkish Embassy Letters

“Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself.”

Men Mind Law Growth Moral Duty Bears Moral Law

Book:On Education

Source: On Education

“I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructer [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. If it is a drudgery to teach these little ones, then it is the duty of men to bear a part of that burthen; if it is a privilege and an honor, then we generously invite them to share that honor and privilege with us.”

Ifs Men Humans Children Littles Teach Share Duty Bears Honor Privilege Employment Occupation Invites Honorable Drudgery

Author:Angelina Grimke

“Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.”

Eye Duty Bears Quotations Shelves Disdain Sagging Bloodshot Eyes

Book:Quotology

Source: Quotology

“I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!”

Way Believe Children Courses Next I Believe Century Duty Bears Notion Burden Admiration Complaints Pompous

Book:The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

“Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.”

Men Mean Christian Suffering Christ Sin Share Duty Bears Forgiving

Book:The Cost of Discipleship

Source: The Cost of Discipleship

“Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.”

Able Jobs Money Duty Bears Sticks Injustice Spending Finished Maturity

Author:Ann Landers

“Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”

Ifs Would Be Fate Duty Bears Weak Silly Fate Destiny Fate And Destiny

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

Would Be Past Memories Forget Clear Generations Dangerous Duty Bears Killing Witness Collectives Survivor Offensive Future Generation Collective Memory

Book:Night

Source: Night