Duty Quotes · Page 40

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today.

— Randall Terry

I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their…

— Robert Boyle

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

— Steve Bannon

[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

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

— Harold Brodkey

I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.

— Robert E. Lee

There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's…

— Anonymous

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret if for the friends I leave behind

— Zachary Taylor

The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in…

— Patrick Henry

Those who have enjoyed the benefits of our system more than ever now owe a duty to protect the system that has…

— Kenneth C. Griffin

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied…

— Laurence J. Peter

The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion,…

— Henry Thomas Buckle

The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never…

— Ayn Rand

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be…

— George Bernard Shaw

“श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥ ॥३- ३५॥ 'Better one’s own duty, be it humble, Than that of another –…

— Munindra Misra

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Geronimo

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

— Roger Zelazny

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

— Ariel Sharon

That's why I like to read a lot. That's why I try to keep up on current events, what's going on in…

— Young Jeezy

“There is a predictable theme as to what upsets our matriarchs. Usually, matriarchs are known for their unified support. When it comes…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

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

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand…

— Mortimer Adler

The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these…

— Jason Chaffetz

A while ago I became convinced that our duty was to do the most we could for the long run aggregate utility…

— Sam Bankman-Fried

The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known.

— John Stuart Mill

This World will always continue to be a mixture of Good and Evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and…

— Swami Vivekananda

What I see is not what I am looking at but what I am looking with. And so my first and principal…

— Dan Jones

“Tell the truth. It's your duty to do so. It's up to them how they take in the information. Keep it real.”

— J.R. Rim

“No man of honor avoided what needed to be done, simply because it might not proceed in his favor.”

— Claire Delacroix

I feel it's my duty to get to the young players, tell them what's out there.

— Andre Schurrle

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

— Mahatma Gandhi

Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?

— Jane Austen

My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.

— David Weber

Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.

— Walter Cronkite

“Because a woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world.…

— Anonymous

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

— Confucius

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

— Vincent Van Gogh

“How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you?”

— Anonymous