The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and… — Theodore T. Munger Copy Share Image
Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The… — George Washington Goethals Copy Share Image
People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a… — Beeban Kidron Copy Share Image
Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
I think we have a political and moral duty to do everything within our power to maintain the Good Friday Agreement. — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
“You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions.” — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
It is our responsibility - our duty - as Members of Congress to prioritize the care of the brave men and women… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My duty, what I have to do, is try my best in every training session, leave everything of me on the pitch.… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It is highly interesting to our country, and it is the duty of its functionaries, to provide that every citizen in it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
You're always on duty because you're in a constant state of observation. That's one of the challenges of being a comedian. I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“ Full moon is falling through the sky. Cranes fly through clouds. Wolves howl. I cannot find rest Because I am powerless… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Good work is no done by "humble" men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
“When we Shienarans ride, every man knows who is next in line if the man in command falls. A chain unbroken right… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Free speech is essential to education, especially to a liberal education, which encourages the search for truths in art and science. If… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long,… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I expect that on the 1st of August, the SA will be once more ready for duty. — Ernst Rohm Copy Share Image
A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to reflect the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness. — Zoroaster Copy Share Image
Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I think it's the duty of the artist to run away from home. I mean I think you have to go far… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
God, immortality, duty - how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty of the creature, and the root of every good quality.” — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
“Love responsibility. Say: It is my duty, and mine alone, to save the earth. If it is not saved, then I alone… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The foundation of a man's duty as a man is in truth. Beyond this there is nothing to be said. — Torii Mototada Copy Share Image
When a person is gone for good, his duty in this world has come to an end. =( — PrinceAzheef Copy Share Image
Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty. — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble. — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high. — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
