“If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty.” IfsMenWantDesireDutyOughtComplicatedHold Fast Author:Julian Barnes
“Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” WantInspirationMotivationalPainMotivationPositiveDutyHabitConflictEverydayGoldenGolden RuleWithout PainWorkplace Conflict Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.” WantDutyObligation Author:Holly Black
“My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's on your face, son. Like a scar.' Eddie was fascinated by the idea of duty and ka as something that left a mark, something that might look like decoration to one eye and disfigurement to another. Outside, thunder cracked and lightning flashed.” KnowsWantLooksSaidIdeasMightEyeFacesMovingLeftSonDutyMy FriendsMarkMilesYour FaceFascinatedScarLightningThunderCrackedDecorationGet MovingMiles To GoDisfigurement Book:The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower Source: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
“Satan wants to claim our souls and those of our children. He want our marriages and our families to fail. He wants darkness to reign. Despite thise, we needn't worry or back away from our duty to our family (present or future), our community, or others, for God will always support and bless us in our honest efforts t odo His will. He wants us to suceed more than Satan wants us to fail- and God is always more powerful.” WantChildrenSoulCommunityPowerfulEffortDarknessWorrySupportFailingHonestDutyClaimsOur ChildrenGods WillDespiteOur FamilySatanBlessReignOur Community Author:John H. Groberg
“But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the most creative imaginations that ever was on earth--do not want security, egoistic or materialistic. Why, it never occurs to them. "Be not anxious for the morrow," and "which of you being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?" So they dare to be idle, i.e. not to be pressed and duty-driven all the time. They dare to love people even when they are very bad, and they dare not to try and dominate others to show them what they must do for their own good.” PeopleWantTryingShowsEarthArtistPeaceChristImaginationCreativeSecurityDutyAddDareDrivenAnxiousSpiritual LifeIdleGreat ArtistMaterialisticMorrowStatureBlakeCreative Imagination Author:Brenda Ueland
“No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.” IfsMenWantHumansMeanIndividualHuman BeingsRaceChristianityDutyBehaviorCrossesAgreeSymbolsCodeHuman RaceRemindersCrescent Author:William Faulkner