Dorothy Parker Quotes

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

All you can do is the best you can do.

However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.

I try to do my best.

I believe everything is possible. You have to try things, put your heart into it, try to do the best you can and see what is possible.

You can only ask someone of their best. That's it. If you lose, and you've given your best, that's how it goes.

All that is in my hand is to give my best shot.

As long as you give your best effort, I feel like that's all you can do.

When I get the opportunity, I try my best.

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

Just do as much as you can.

People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.

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

The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

Do well the duty that lies before you.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.