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Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

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✓Similar Perspectives

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

— Peter Marshall

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

— Bjork

How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.

— Karl Rahner

I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.

— Alber Elbaz

It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do.

— Charles Eames

We know what we are supposed to do and we don't want to do it, so we do the exact opposite anyway. And, it never goes well for us when we do that.

— Victoria Osteen

In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a 'should' involved, and this cannot be worked out from, 'If I do this, what will happen?' alone.

— Richard P. Feynman

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

— Ray Bradbury

✗Opposing Perspectives

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

— Viggo Mortensen

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

— Matthew Macfadyen