John Lubbock: The world would be both better and brighter if we would dwell on the duty of…
The world would be both better and brighter if we would dwell on the duty of happiness, as well as on the happiness of duty.
In today’s wordsThe world would be better and brighter if we focused on the duty of happiness as much as on the happiness of duty.
- Source
- From the book Quoted in Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers, 1890s
- Also quoted as
- Also quoted as “I cannot think but that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty.”
Related
- Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.
- Make the most and the best of your lot, and compare yourself not with the few that are above you, but with the multitudes which are below you.