“We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.” ChildrenPlayMotherValuesAsksNationsRolesBuildingDutyIntegrityDramaEqualCommitmentIndiaConstitutionComplexesLoyaltyNation Building Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than what you are, but desire to be thoroughly what you are. Direct your thoughts to being very good at that and to bearing the crosses, little or great, that you will find there. Believe me, this is the most important and least understood point to the spiritual life. We all love according to what is our taste; few people like what is according to their duty or to God's liking. What is the use of building castles in Spain when we have to live in France?” PeopleBelieveLittlesLongImportantUseInspirationSpiritualDesireFaithBuildingDutyTasteUnderstoodGardenCrossesDirectVery GoodChristian InspirationalFranceSpiritual LifeBelieve In MeSpainCastles Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“May the time not be far off when all other European nations will come to the realisation that the primary necessity is putting an end to the quarrels and strife of centuries and of building up of a finer community of all peoples is: The recognition of a higher common duty arising out of common rights?” MayEndsNationsCommunityCommonRightsCenturyBuildingDutyHigherRecognitionPrimariesStrifeQuarrelsRealisationBuilding Up Author:Adolf Hitler
“I did feel a sense of duty. I felt that it could be a great asset to the future of Jordan, and those continuing the process of building the country, to concentrate on that humanitarian, peace-building legacy.” FeelsCountryFeltProcessBuildingDutyHumanitarianLegacyAssetsContinuingJordanPeace Building Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.” FirstsWellsKindTwoDesignBuildingDutyGoodnessArchitecturePracticalsIndividualismArchitecture And Design Book:The Stones of Venice Source: The Stones of Venice
“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.” LittlesBookCharacterOrderWinningBuildingDutyBattleGloriousTranquilityMasterpieceRulingProvincesPropsHoarding Book:Selections from the essays of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Source: Selections from the essays of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne