“Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDivineDutyFavorsGods WillLatinPyramidsSealsUndertakings Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I am not aware that payment, or even favors, however gracious, bind any man's soul and conscience in questions of highest morality and highest importance.” MenSoulDutyMoralityHighestConscienceImportanceFavorsPaymentGracious Book:Works Source: Works
“When a friend is carried to his grave, we at once find excuses for every weakness, and palliation of every fault. We recollect a thousand endearments, which before glided off our minds without impression, a thousand favors unrepaid, a thousand duties unperformed; and wish, vainly wish, for his return, not so much that we may receive as that we may bestow happiness, and recompense that kindness which before we never understood.” MindMayDeathWishKindnessDutyReturnThousandUnderstoodWeaknessFaultsExcuseFavorsGravesImpressionRecompenseEndearment Book:The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler Source: The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler
“The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.” WayGivingWalksPathReadyDutyGiving UpSimplicityFavorsEsteemRenounceReady To Give Up Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress
“WHEREAS 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 favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."” PeopleGivingHeartStatesGovernmentFormOpportunityHouseNationsPrayerUnitedUnited StatesDutyBenefitsSafetyGratefulCongressProtectionFavorsThanksAcknowledgeProvidenceAlmightyBe GratefulCommitteesThanksgivingSignalsJointsForms Of GovernmentFounding Fathers ChristianAlmighty GodProclamationGrateful HeartChristian HeritageGod And CountryAffordingChristian ThanksgivingThanksgiving Christian Author:George Washington
“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” PeopleGovernmentLawNationsWiseDutyBlessingBenefitsGratefulProtectionFavorsAcknowledgeStationsRelativeProvidenceAlmightyBe GratefulThanksgivingPardonAlmighty GodTransgressionProclamationChristian HeritageConstitutional LawGod And Country Author:George Washington
“You this day, gentlemen, assume new characters, enter into new relations, and consequently incur new duties. You have, by the favor of Providence and the attention of your friends, received a public education, the purpose whereof hath been to qualify you the better to serve your Creator and your country.” CountryCharacterPurposeAttentionDutyRelationAssumingCreatorFavorsGentlemanThis DayProvidencePublic Education Author:William Samuel Johnson
“The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth. I'm not contending in a dogmatic way that there is not a God. What I'm contending is that we don't know that there is. I don't like the word "absolute." I don't think there is anything absolute whatever. The moral law, for example, is always changing. At one period in the development of the human race, almost everybody thought cannibalism was a duty.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayHumansFactsLawBeliefRaceMoralEffectsExampleDutyDevelopmentPeriodsEvidenceAbsolutesFavorsHuman RaceDogmaticMoral LawCannibalismContendingGood Moral Author:Bertrand Russell