Duty Quotes · Page 52

It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their…

— Jefferson Davis

By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger

— Swami Vivekananda

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

— Anonymous

I now feel that I have a moral duty to course correct and say wait a minute, it's not just for adults.

— Francoise Mouly

There are so many influencers out there and I'm just a drop in the ocean but we all have a shared duty…

— Zara McDermott

“Duty is what we expect of others, only to find out the other is yourself.” ― Culich Keelan, Caedelliium, Planet Anyar”

— Olan Thorensen

Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and…

— Anonymous

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to…

— Antoine Rivarol

Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not…

— Tryon Edwards

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a…

— David Puttnam

Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation…

— Oliver Goldsmith

In America, communities existed before governments. There were many groups of people with a common sense of purpose and a feeling of…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but…

— James Hillman

It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed…

— George B. Cortelyou

I think heroism is when somebody really goes above and beyond the call of duty and does something outstanding for either themselves…

— John Assaraf

I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect…

— Ronald Reagan

When God put everybody here, I don't think that he had a master plan of a pecking order. That's not what you…

— Corey Feldman

The ways of living have been rendered vastly easier by a multitude of inventions, by the increasing wealth of the country, by…

— Anna Brackett

Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their…

— John Adams

There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into…

— Alfred Edersheim

“A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of the…

— Gregory A. Freeman

Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking…

— Tryon Edwards

As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of…

— Pope John Paul II

There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys…

— Henry Clay Trumbull

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty…

— Abraham Lincoln

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

There is a BIG difference between knowing what needs to be done and DOING what needs to be done.

— Anonymous

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

— Stephen King

What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution…

— Alexander Hamilton

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.

— Madame de Stael

My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“True wealth, success, and happiness can only be achieved by balancing our business life with the duty we have to our self…

— Joseph C. Kunz Jr

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as…

— Blaise Pascal

The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.

— John Maynard Keynes

Loyalty isn't a Duty its is a Devotion to Someone !!!! Loyalty has to be earned, BOTTOM LINE !!!!

— Kevin Mccarty

When freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is our duty as representatives in Congress to do the most for everyone we represent, beginning with those who have the…

— Cori Bush

If Europe does not advance, it will fall or even be wiped out from the world map... My duty is to bring…

— Francois Hollande

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

— Tryon Edwards

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred…

— Anonymous