Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
The World Motivation
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it's a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it's out, and if we're stuck to it, we're out, too.
I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.