A Quote by Robyn Davidson

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

Robyn Davidson

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Better Bring Duty Others Pain Proceed Service Than Wallow

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Robyn Davidson
Australian - Writer
Born: September 6, 1950

With all the catastrophes that are going on, and all the hardships that are going on around the world, you don't do the world any service by walking around in pain and at war with yourself. You'd do a lot better good, a lot better service, if you find that thing within yourself that says ...move forward it's okay. It's are duty to see through it and work through it.

Gino Vannelli

It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

Confucius

It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

Stephen Mitchell

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

Dogen

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.

Thomas Szasz

No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.

Thomas S. Monson

We assume that others are receiving the kind of appreciation we want for ourselves, and we proceed on the assumption that since we are not loveable as we are, we must become lovable under false pretenses, as if we were something better than we are.

Thomas Merton

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

Thomas A. Edison

We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty or of public service.

Fiona Hill

Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

Henry Cloud

If life only has the meaning you bring to it, we have the opportunity to bring rich meaning to our lives by the service we do for others.

Harold Ramis

Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.

Alan Cohen

Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call ?service to God.? God has no need of your service. Pleas man, you please God.