It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is exhausting to be giving one's all in the theatre, my first duty is to my paying public, of course! — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Because it’s our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe. So I… — Katrina Adams Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility. — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues -… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
Whether I'm doing good or bad, it is my job, it is my duty as a leader to be the same person… — Francisco Lindor Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, what the Marine Corps becomes is what we make of it during our respective watches. And that watch… — Louis H. Wilson Jr Copy Share Image
Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
It is no very good symptom, either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination. Happy men are full of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
One was kind, out of a bounty that could hardly be exhausted, to old governesses and gardeners, who could be relied upon… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from… — William McFee Copy Share Image
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Who will show me any Constitutional injunction which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender everything valuable in life,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We speak much of the duty of making others happy. No day should pass, we say, on which we do not put… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government — John Prescott Copy Share Image
It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“You have a right to be sad, and a duty to move on. Only wins who wipes the tears, gather strength and… — Augusto Branco Copy Share Image
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant. — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
When she was rested. she'd find a way to escape. It was the duty of the captive, wasn't it? — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen." — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
