Mark Twain Quotes

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

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.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Anything which tends to bring a greater sense of responsibility to individuals should be encouraged.

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

Do well and right and let the world sink.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.

Doing the right thing has power.

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

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

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.

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.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

I have done what I felt to be my duty.

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