Duty Quotes · Page 70

As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.

— W. H. Auden

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The duty of the real beauty in a person is to make him stand true to himself in all odd and even…

— Anonymous

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

— Warren G. Bennis

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

— John D. Rockefeller

Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous ... this is how I see my duty as a designer.

— Philippe Starck

It occurred to me that I had the duty to give society something in exchange for the free education I was getting.

— Mario Bunge

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be…

— Anonymous

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge…

— George Washington

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is…

— Charles Inglis

Isn't it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn't it every generation's duty to be dismayed by the previous generation?…

— Erica Jong

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or…

— James R. Clapper

Part of being in the 450 players within the NBA, it's kind of a fraternity field, and if I can help them…

— Pat Connaughton

It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must…

— Marcus Garvey

As the light of morning strikes now one peak and then another, some being illuminated while others are in the shadow, so…

— Felix Adler

But sometimes it's like you just meet someone and you just know that you're totally connected, and this person is, like, your…

— Zadie Smith

The truth is that we are a part of God. God could not have created anything except out of his own consciousness.…

— Goswami Kriyananda

There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they…

— Libba Bray

Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal,…

— Virginia Satir

As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision…

— Alexander Hamilton

Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my…

— Andrew Johnson

EDUCATION, n. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline…

— Noah Webster

The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a…

— Thomas Jefferson

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

— Theodore Parker

“Performing the duty prescribed by (one's own) nature, one incurreth no sin.”

— Anonymous

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

— Knute Nelson

Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of…

— Gerald Massey

In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely…

— Samuel Butler

The best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do.

— Walter Bagehot

[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.

— Thomas Jefferson

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

— Anonymous

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

— Rebecca West

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country.

— John C. Calhoun

The fixed person for the fixed duties who in older societies was such a godsend, in future will be a public danger.

— Alfred North Whitehead

With every great relationship comes a great burden and the strength to carry it.

— Anonymous

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this…

— Nelson Mandela

I have done my duty and lived up to my promise of having exposed Jayalalitha.

— Subramanian Swamy