“The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task because it is cast in the day of small things; scornful of baseness, awake to their own duties as well as to their rights, following the higher law with reverence, and in this world doing all that in their power lies, so that when death comes they may feel that humanity is in some degree better because they lived.” WorldFeelsWellsMayChristianLawLyingPurposeHumanityChristianityRightsThis WorldReadyDutyHeroHigherCitizensDegreesTasksCastsFollowingDeedsAwakeEndeavorReverenceSmall ThingsLoftyResoluteLooking DownBasenessHigher Law Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I sometimes feel a great ennui, profound emptiness, doubts which sneer in my face in the midst of the most spontaneous satisfactions. Well, I would not exchange all that for anything, because it seems to me, in my conscience, that I am doing my duty, that I am obeying a superior fatality, that I am following the Good and that I am in the Right.” FeelsWellsSometimesSeemsFacesWorkDoubtDutyConscienceProfoundSatisfactionFollowingSuperiorsEmptinessMidstSpontaneousObeyingEnnuiSneerFatality Author:Gustave Flaubert
“Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.” BelieveResultsDutyFollowingConviction Author:John Henry Newman
“We are following Allah's word. We believe that humanity's only duty is to honor Allah and his prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. We are implementing what is written in the Koran. If we manage to do so, then of course it will be a success.” IfsBelieveHumanityCoursesWrittenDutyHonorFollowingManageProphetMuhammadImplementingProphet MuhammadMuhammad Peace Be Upon Him Author:Abdul Sattar Abu Risha
“I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier carrying out his duty, following his allegiance to his country and to the mission at hand. But yet, there was always this unease plaguing me. "What are we doing here?" "Are we really fixing this country or are we doing more harm than good?" And the most pressing question: "How do we pull ourselves out of this quicksand?" I think I'm still there in that white space you mentioned, trying to get clarity for myself on what this war did to us as a nation.” ThinkingTryingStillsWarCountryHandsNationsSpaceWhiteDutySoldierFollowingMissionsHarmClarityAllegianceFixingQuicksandWhite Space Author:Dave Abrams
“For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.” ReligiousDutyFollowingForbiddenHolding OnDiligent Author:Muqtada al Sadr
“Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the West I felt that it was my obligation, my duty, to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700-million following, yet it's so little known about it, which surprised me.” ThinkingLittlesFeltKnownMillionsDutyWestIslamFollowingObligationTelling The Truth Author:Moustapha Akkad