“A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.” — William Watson Purkey, What Students Say to Themselves
Tag: duty
Quote of the Day
“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.” — George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra
Quote of the Day
“One knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do.” — Alexander McCall Smith, The Careful Use of Compliments
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“A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.” — Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness