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title: "4 Desire Duty Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-didn-t-grasp-that-desire-and-duty-could-rival-each-other-least-of/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

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> [Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/let-others-laugh-when-you-sacrifice-desire-to-duty-if-they-will-you/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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> [“First, our common desire and duty as Christians must be to enter into the full purpose of God for us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-w-stott/first-our-common-desire-and-duty-as-christians-must-be-to-enter-into/)

[John R.W. Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-w-stott/)

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> [If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/if-something-burns-your-soul-with-purpose-and-desire-it-s-your-duty/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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