Duty Quotes · Page 11

Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.

— Andrew Johnson

It's my duty as a guardian to protect Cross Academy, day and night.

— Yuki

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

— Jean Toomer

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

— George Eliot

We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need.

— Miep Gies

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty. Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

— Fernando Pessoa

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.

— Jay Griffiths

“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but…

— John Jay

“But my family I had always had a duty to love, no matter how they had wronged me.”

— Rosamund Hodge

“We do not choose our destinies. Yet we must… we must do our duty, no? Great or small, we must do our…

— George R.R. Martin

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Some really famous people, even when they're off-duty, have this energy that is sort of overpowering.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

— Samantha Morton

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself,…

— Ken Livingstone

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher…

— George Washington

Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our…

— Thomas Jefferson

When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do…

— Washington Gladden

I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife…

— Johnny Weir

The scholar may lose himself in schools, in words, and become a pedant; but when he comprehends his duties, he above all…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do…

— Bernard Baruch

We are confident that just like the American people can, the Senate can also multitask and they can do their constitutional duty…

— Jen Psaki

To seek out the best [persons to serve in the government] though the whole Union, we must resort to the information which…

— Thomas Jefferson

The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts,…

— John Marshall

The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one…

— Alexander Hamilton

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey,…

— Rick Riordan

Remember, it is the president's constitutional duty to provide a strong national defense. Don't insert politics into national security. Listen to your…

— Ryan Zinke

I think the play offers (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans For instance, in 'Fences' they see a…

— August Wilson

While love takes on itself impossible tasks, yet it finds that love lightens all loads. It is the same burden that wings…

— E. Stanley Jones

When we pray for any virtue, we should cultivate the virtue as well as pray for it; the form of your prayer…

— Jeremy Taylor

You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man.

— Nikolai Berdyaev

England expects every man to do his duty

— Horatio Nelson

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.

— R. C. Sproul

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.

— Pep Guardiola

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

— Robert E. Lee

To hallow'd duty Here with a loyal and heroic heart, Bind we our lives.

— Frances Sargent Osgood