As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Death is lighter than a feather but duty is weightier than a mountain.” — Jim Proser Copy Share Image
The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Never let your sense of duty, loyalty, or obligation get in the way of doing what's right. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail! — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned. — Hugh Shelton Copy Share Image
I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected. — Bob McDonnell Copy Share Image
Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty… — Christopher Gadsden Copy Share Image
Every fighter has a duty to boxing to not bring themselves or the sport into disrepute by foul language or behaviour so… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
I'm careful about speaking about this, but I believe it is only natural to accept the mandatory military duty, and I will… — Jin Copy Share Image
...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
He's Wayne Rooney - a good character and a lively character,He's been very helpful and understanding and has certainly made me feel… — Phil Jones Copy Share Image
Precisely because the State has the monopoly of coercion it can be allowed the monopoly only of coercion. Only if the modern… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I used to stand in front of the mirror in my bedroom. I shared a bedroom - like a lot of people… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Whatsoever you can be you are. There is no goal. And we are not going anywhere. We are simply celebrating here. Existence… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Canada, having few indigenous prejudices, has been compelled to import them from elsewhere, duty-free, and it is the rare Canadian who is… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. These are the elements of magic, and magic… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Why had we let it go? Why had we both been condemned...to an exile among dreary strangers who had made us give… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This is the feeling that gives a man true courage-the feeling that he has a work to do at all costs; the… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure! — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
Life is not theory. It is reality, with inherent duties to everything and everyone. — Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary Copy Share Image
I never see why we should do anything unless it is either a duty or a pleasure! Life's short enough without filling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The most imperative duty and opportunity of everyone is self-development.” — Herbert N Cassion Copy Share Image
“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels. — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
But in a radically atheist universe, you are not only responsible for doing your duty, You are also responsible for deciding what… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
It's my duty to sell the ideas. But there's always a question when it comes to beauty. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image