'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

Quote by Mary Worley Montag

Topics: Duty Quotes, Power Quotes, Richness Quotes

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight...

Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight...

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but...

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on...

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on...

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

The highest duty is to respect authority

The highest duty is to respect authority

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

When someone talks about self discipline, it usually means they want to control someone.

When someone talks about self discipline, it usually means they want to control someone.

The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the...

The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the...