Mario Cuomo Quotes

I follow the roles.

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.

Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

McCabe's Law: Nobody has to do anything.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

You need responsibility in life.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you...

Discipline is important for everything in life.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.

People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.

I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.