“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

“But it is a writer’s duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.”

“Leave fears aside, clean tears away! Tell God “here I am, use me!” and he’ll give you the assignments that will make your life a fulfilled one. Now dress up to work!”

“These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is experimentingWith various mixtures of human character which goes best, All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us. There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to doThen you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go.”

“Do notforget duty. But choose love when you can.”

“He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright”

“I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.”

“So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, ‘Thou must,’ The youth whispers, ‘I can.”

“On my honor, I will do my bestTo do my duty To God and my country”

“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”

“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”

“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.”