Duty Quotes · Page 50

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

— David Weber

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

— Andre Schurrle

“Duty and honor are oft enough realm only for those with security to afford them.”

— Chris Galford

[Women's] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment [sic] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue.

— Frances Power Cobbe

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

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

— Confucius

I cast my vote against Donald Trump. I did it without joy or enthusiasm. I did it out of civic duty and…

— Ana Navarro

What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchange of smiles…

— Helen Keller

We must recognise that duty and morality vary under different circumstances; not that the man who resists evil is doing what is…

— Swami Vivekananda

Thought may well be ever ranging, And opinion ever changing, Task-work be, though ill begun, Dealt with by experience better; By the…

— Arthur Hugh Clough

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui, vanish,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping,…

— Anonymous

Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God,…

— Archibald Alexander

Women politicians take their job seriously and accomplish their duties diligently and sensitively. Only they can understand the problems of women and…

— Preneet Kaur

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not…

— Ernest Becker

Mr. Browborough, whose life had not been passed in any strict obedience to the Ten Commandments, and whose religious observances had not…

— Anthony Trollope

I strongly believe that nothing is more spiritual than living at our highest potential while serving others. I believe that the more…

— Brian Johnson

There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange…

— Calvin Coolidge

We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's…

— Charlie Munger

Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him…

— Pope Pius XI

There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the…

— Lysander Spooner

The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of…

— Pope Pius XII

Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.

— William George Jordan

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

— Nelson Mandela

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

— America Ferrera

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy…

— John Donne

Despite its heightened duty, at times the SEC has been inattentive to economic analysis.

— Eugene Scalia

'Line Of Duty' is first and foremost a thriller. But I hope it will also be seen as a revisionist commentary on…

— Jed Mercurio

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

— Peter Jackson

“I have been blessed with luck, talent and opportunities, now it is my duty to add the hardworking element.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do…

— Oswald Chambers

I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is.

— Ty Burr

If the Supreme Court hands the power back to the states, it will be our duty to protect the life of the…

— Mark Robinson

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

— Marco Pierre White

Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.

— William George Jordan

As any parent knows, sharing diaper duty sure beats changing them all yourself.

— Brianna Keilar