“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
“I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.” TryingCountryAmericaFeltPolicyDutyCommitmentForeign Policy Author:Madeleine Albright
“Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism [sic] and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference.” FeelsMatterActionWaitingQualityDutyCommitmentIndifferenceOur Actions Author:George Eliot
“Absolute Evil is not the kingdom of hell. The inhabitants of hell are ourselves, i.e., those who pay our painful, embarrassing, humanistic duties to society and who are compromised by our intellectually dubious commitment to virtue, which can be defined by the perpetual smear-word of French polemic: the bourgeois. (Bourgeois equals humanist.) This word has long been anathema in France where categories are part of the ruling notion of logique. The word cannot be readily matched in England or America.” LongAmericaEvilPayHellVirtueDutyCommitmentEnglandAbsolutesNotionPainfulKingdomsDefinedFranceHumanistCategoriesPerpetualEmbarrassingRulingBourgeoisMatchedDubiousHumanisticAnathemaPolemics Author:V. S. Pritchett
“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.” FirstsChildrenSelfStatesHelpingIndividualParentGoalCasesClearModernCenturyDutyConflictCommitmentTestsTreatmentSelf ControlPuritan17th Century Author:C. Sommerville
“My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art school also spills over into my studio work. I believe most artists are adept at juggling multiple responsibilities - whether it's work, teaching, caring for family members or attending to relationships - with their studio commitment.” BelieveArtSchoolArtistI BelievePresidentResponsibilityInfluenceTeachingDutyMembersCommitmentExcitingStudiosCaringPainterMultipleSpillsFamily MembersAttendingArt SchoolJugglingAdept Author:Stephen Beal
“I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.” BelieveValuesI BelieveSpaceLibertyDemocracyDutyCommitmentToleranceDefinedOpennessExclusiveCivicsCivic DutyInternationalismShared Values Author:David Blunkett
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.” PeopleInspirationalWellsTogetherAsksResponsibilityDestinyRightsDutyCommitmentIdealsDiedCharityBoundsDefensePatriotismFoundingOur DestinyUnworthyWithout LovePersonal LeadershipPatriotism And Freedom Author:Barack Obama
“Once committed to fight, cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides that one. Cut. Cut from the void, not from bewilderment. Cut the enemy as quickly and directly as possible. Cut decisively, resolutely. Cut into the enemy’s strength. Flow through the gaps in his guard. Cut him. Cut him down utterly. Don’t allow him a breath. Crush him. Cut him without mercy to the depths of his spirit." -Richard Rahl” ImportantSpiritPurposeFightingEnemyCuttingDutyCommitmentFlowMercyBreathsDepthHungerCommittedCrushGapsVoidBewildermentNo Commitment Author:Terry Goodkind