The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savours less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savours less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
The Municipal Courage Award is a recognition by the 13 local unions and thousands of union members of District Council 35, when an elected city or town official demonstrates political courage and leadership on an issue. Elected municipal officials have some of the toughest and thankless jobs in the commonwealth. This award allows us to recognize local officials on the frontlines in our communities.
And strictly meditate the thankless Muse.
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.
Often our good deeds make enemies for us, and the ungrateful person despises us on two counts for he is not only unwilling to acknowledge the gratitude he owes us he does not want to have his benefactor as witness to his thankless behavior.
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
He was always searching for the next big thing, changing jobs, going back to school. My mother would cook, clean, keep the family together. She was in one of those thankless jobs. I used to be in awe of her.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful. That key is Blessing.
I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job.
The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man.
It's a pretty thankless job. We don't receive a lot of credit from the general public, and the majority of officials I know don't expect it.
Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.
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