“Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as the faculty of choosing, among the various modes of fulfilling duty, those most in harmony with our own tendencies.” FreedomLibertyDutyRespectUnderstoodConscienceHarmonyPropertyVariousTendenciesFacultyFulfilling Author:Giuseppe Mazzini
“This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin.” MenChristRealizingLibertyDutyOccupationFulfillingFree ManShrinkingDistasteful Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.” YearsImportantChoicesFoundSoundPresidentInterestPrinciplesRolesTalentDutyStandardsCourtSupremeFulfillingSupreme CourtBehalfSeriousnessReducingJudicialWhimDeferencePertinentAbdication Author:George Will
“A teacher says "I am sowing the seeds of revolution." At that time we cannot imagine how powerful the teacher is, but he certainly derives joy by fulfilling his duty.” JoyPowerfulEducationTeacherImagineDutyRevolutionIndiaSeedsFulfillingSowing Author:Narendra Modi
“The reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to receive the holy charge which we are cherishing to deliver over to them; that in establishing an institution of wisdom for them, we secure it to all our future generations; that in fulfilling this duty, we bring home to our own bosoms the sweet consolation of seeing our sons rising under a luminous tuition, to destinies of high promise; these are considerations which will occur to all.” MenShouldHomeAgeNextBoysDestinySeeingGenerationsHe ManSonSweetDutyHolyPromiseReflectionInstitutionsPreparedSecureRisingConsiderationCherishOur FutureFulfillingBe PreparedConsolationFuture GenerationBosomsLuminousTuition Book:Jefferson: Writings Source: Jefferson: Writings
“The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.” MenWantDutyBraveCharmGood ManWarningFulfillingScornBrave Man Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a daily basis, fulfilling my "we the people" duties to monitor and guide our elected employees to adhere to their oath to the U.S. Constitution and demand accountability from them.” PeopleImportantSelfGovernmentPoliticalResponsibilityDutyDemandBasesConstitutionGuidesExperimentsEmployeeAccountabilityFulfillingOathSelf-government Author:Ted Nugent
“Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can't see it. So quietly submit to be painted---i.e., keep fulfilling all the obvious duties of your station (you really know quite well enough what they are!), asking forgiveness for each failure and then leaving it alone.You are in the right way. Walk---don't keep on looking at it.” KnowsWayWellsEnoughRememberArtistReligionWalksTrustDutyAskingLeavingObviousStationsSubmitFulfillingRight WayAsking For Forgiveness Author:C. S. Lewis
“I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess.” WorldYearsParentFourSecurityCollegeMaterialsDutyUnderstoodAbsurdExcessFour YearsGraduatesFulfillingAbstractionTediousCollege Graduates Author:Jon Krakauer