Seneca the Younger Quotes

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

We have, all of us, our duties. Every action of our lives, and every word that we utter, will either conduce to or detract from the discharge of our duty.

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.

Life is moral responsibility.

He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what he ought to do, he is chargeable with sin

Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer.

Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.

We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right.

We all have the duty to do good.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

Must we always do our duty? If so, how are we always to know what is our duty?

People are supposed to be responsible.

We are not only responsible for what we do but also for what we do not do.

Sometimes it's good to act responsibly.