You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.
When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.
Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the read more
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove.
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove.