Duty Quotes

I don't have an off-duty wardrobe.

— Hamish Bowles

To do my duty, I must obey God.

— Roy Moore

Beneficence is a duty.

— Immanuel Kant

I do perceive here a divided duty.

— Othello

Obedience sums up our entire duty.

— Hosea Ballou

Duty is the demand of the hour.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thoughts are not subject to duty.

— Martin Luther

Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.

— Theodore Parker

I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.

— Justin Hayward

There is not a moment without some duty.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We are all special in a way; it is our duty to discover it.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

You look as if you lived on duty and it hadn't;t agreed with you.

— Ellen Glasgow

I only did my duty, and what I was told to do as well as I could.

— Simo Hayha

I beat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day.

— Chloe Grace Moretz

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

— George S. Patton

A tough fight against evil is the duty of good man.

— Khem Veasna

The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.

— Michael Ramsey

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

— Thomas Jefferson

I feel, as artists, our duty is to keep working and keep making whatever we believe in.

— Sunil Grover

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

— Clarence Budington Kelland

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Obi loved her. But duty was duty. It was as simple as that. She ought to understand. Duty was often stronger than…

— Chika Unigwe

Our prime duty towards ourself and others is to immediately redirect our negative thoughts to a positive, empowering affirmation.

— Senora Roy

Hogwarts is threatened!” shouted Professor McGonagall. “Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!

— Anonymous

We are following Allah's word. We believe that humanity's only duty is to honor Allah and his prophet Muhammad, peace be upon…

— Abdul Sattar Abu Risha

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of…

— King Albert II

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to…

— Glenn Reynolds

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens…

— Samuel Johnson

O Lord, who art our guide even unto death, grant us, I pray Thee, grace to follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest. In…

— Christina Rossetti

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless, its about being willing to experience fear,…

— Vanna Bonta

It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if…

— Vicki Lawrence

Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. Every man has in him good and evil. His good is…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good…

— Roger Zelazny

We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble…

— Geronimo

Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch…

— Thomas Jefferson

Had not a conviction of the danger to which an unlimited occupation of the executive chair would expose the republican Constitution of…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are…

— Ariel Sharon

The duty of happiness becomes clearer when we see how it affects others. It is the merry heart that makes the cheerful…

— Hugh Black

The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to…

— John Owen

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being... Almighty God would mercifully…

— Benjamin Franklin