Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
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Jane Austen
There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley
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Jane Austen
Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice.
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Criss Jami
On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty To God and my country
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Unknown
So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must, ' The youth whispers, 'I can.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
More Quotes By Thomas Dubay
Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.
The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions and insights. No one can admonish them successfully: not a peer, not a local superior, not even the pope himself....
The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.
A man in trouble laments that he did not listen to his teachers, and thus he finds himself in a sad state, utter ruin. A candid admission of a blunder is refreshing and not often heard in human affairs. It is the saint alone who...
