“What is right or duty without power ? To tell a man it is his duty to submit his judgment to the judgment of the church, is like telling a wife it is her duty to love her husband a thing easy to say, but meaning simply nothing. Affection must be won, not commanded.” MenEasyChurchWifeDutyHusbandJudgmentAffectionSubmit Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“What I prized most was freedom, freedom to do my work, to give myself spontaneously and not out of duty or by command. I could not submit to such demands; rather would I choose the path of a homeless wanderer; yes, even go without love.” GivingPathDutyDemandCommandSubmitHomelessWithout LoveWanderers Book:Living My Life (Two Volumes in One) Source: Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)
“In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should ask ourselves, whether, placed under similar circumstances, we should choose to submit to the pain and danger we are about to inflict.” ShouldFeelingsPainAsksCasesDangerDutyCircumstancesDirectPerformancesSubmitSurgery Author:Astley Cooper
“It was the duty of wives to submit to husbands, not of husbands to submit to wives. . . men have stronger muscles than women.” MenWifeDutyHusbandStrongerMusclesSubmit Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best
“Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is formed as we learn to cherish principles and to submit to self-discipline. Character is the sum total of all the little decisions, the small deeds, the daily reactions to the choices that confront us. Character is not obtained instantly. We have to mold and hammer and forge ourselves into character. It is a distant goal to which there is no shortcut.” LittlesSelfCharacterChoicesGoalDecisionPrinciplesDutyDisciplineResponseDeedsReactionsTemptationCherishSubmitSelf DisciplineHammersMoldConfrontationShortcutsCall Of DutySmall Deeds Author:Sidney Greenberg
“We will not submit to have our own money taken out of our pockets without our consent; because if any man or any set of men take from us without our consent or that of our representatives one shilling in the pound we have not security for the remaining nineteen. We owe to our mother country the duty of subjects but will not pay her the submission of slaves.” IfsMenCountryMotherPayTakenSubjectsSecurityDutySlavePocketsPoundsSubmitRepresentativesConsentSubmissionNineteenMother Country Author:George Mason
“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
“There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for society's rules? Our civilization would crumble. There is a joy in duty and a security in knowing one's place...It is the only way.” IfsWorldWayWholeCareRunningJoyDesireKnowingSecurityDutyCitizensCivilizationCostDecidedRewardsSelfishRadicalWhat IfRebelLoyalSubmitFringeReapBackboneHardworkingSelfish Desire Author:Libba Bray