Duty Quotes · Page 27

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

— Immanuel Kant

The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

— John Adams

You would not think any duty small, If you yourself were great.

— George MacDonald

Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.

— Hassan Nasrallah

England expects that every man will do his duty.

— Horatio Nelson

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

— Martin Luther

Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's

— Stonewall Jackson

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

— Ramsey Clark

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

We have forgotten that our sovereign duty is to leave the world in a better condition than when we each entered it

— Michael Tsarion

Yajna is duty to be performed, or service to be rendered, all twenty-four hours of the day.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

— Marco Pierre White

You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only…

— Holly Black

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most…

— Harold Brodkey

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

— Elizabeth I

Let the grassroots turn on the hate because that's the only thing that will make them do their duty.

— Steve Bannon

“And then the second thing you have to do is go and see your son. That is a duty of love, Andrew.…

— Alexander McCall Smith

With God's help, you will continue to succeed in your leadership and in your duties, because Our Lord's work is accomplished not…

— Vincent de Paul

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred - that of keeping their…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for…

— Jamaica Kincaid

There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you…

— Ayn Rand

If you have done well in whatever business you are in, it is your duty to send the elevator back down and…

— Kevin Spacey

An attorney general's duty is to render her opinion and honest advice; she cannot set herself up as a judge overruling the…

— William Barr

When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the…

— Woodrow Wilson

The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The world is ruled by neither justice nor morality; crime is not punished nor virtue rewarded, one is forgotten as quickly as…

— Tadeusz Borowski

No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face…

— Roger Penrose

Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give…

— Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

I should like to believe my people's religion, which was just what I could wish, but alas, it is impossible. I have…

— Bertrand Russell

Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can…

— Thomas Paine

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about…

— Mother Teresa

Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness,…

— Walter Lippmann

“The sole duty of a man is to love his Maker with all his soul.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.

— Ronald Reagan

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.

— Pope John Paul II

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

— Bill Frist

There is only one duty; that is to be happy.

— Denis Diderot

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

— Leon Panetta

The habit of doing one's duty drives away fear.

— Charles Baudelaire

The duty to disclose knowledge of crime rests upon all citizens.

— Robert H. Jackson