“I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our Christianity, though put to the test ... be not shaken, and that our love for things really good wax not cold.” CareChristianMy OwnChristianityDutyColdTestsTake CareOur Love Author:William Samuel Johnson
“Such humble talents as God had given me I will endeavour to put to their greatest use; if I am able to amuse, I will try to benefit too; and when I fell it my duty to speak unpalatable truth, with the help of God, I will speak it, through it be to the prejudice of my name and to the detriment of my reader's immediate pleasure as well as my own.” IfsTryingWellsHelpingUseAbleNamesSpeakGivenMy OwnPleasureTalentDutyReaderBenefitsPrejudiceHumbleEndeavour Author:Anne Bronte
“Despising cowardice in others, I wished to prove myself no coward. Believing in the good, the gentle, the beautiful things of life, I addressed myself to the sweet duty of keeping these attributes for my children's sake and my own. And in striving to provide a living for them, I found a success beyond my wildest dreams.” LifeInspirationalBelieveChildrenDreamBeautifulFoundMy OwnSweetDutyProveStriveSakeGentleMy ChildrenCowardAttributesCowardiceBeautiful ThingsProve MyselfWildest Dreams Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“I love my own culture. I love my African-American culture very deeply, and I know it deserves to be honored. You have to be aware that people are suffering unjustly, and given our own history we have a duty to stand for the people who are being treated like our parents and grandparents and children were treated.” PeopleKnowsChildrenSufferingCultureGivenParentMy OwnDutyDeserveTreatedAfrican AmericanGrandparentHonoredAmerican CultureVery DeepParents And GrandparentsAfrican American Culture Author:Alice Walker
“Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriad’s of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved to do this, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many and how great soever.” ThinkingWholeAgeMy OwnPleasureMankindDutyGloryAdvantageDifficultyProfitConsiderationDurationNow Or Never Book:Selected Writings of Jonathan Edwards: Second Edition Source: Selected Writings of Jonathan Edwards: Second Edition