Duty Quotes · Page 72

Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them…

— Henry Ward Beecher

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and…

— Buddha

If elected president, it will be my solemn duty to always hold myself accountable to the American people. They deserve nothing less.

— Joe Sestak

Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends. Discerning the two…

— David Petersen

If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire…

— Julian Barnes

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

— Thomas Carlyle

If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.

— Bruce Lee

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness…

— Sadao Araki

At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative…

— Gary Hamel

I don't mean it egotistically, but I've been given the chance to be in front of people and sing, and I feel…

— Brian Fallon

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature…

— E. B. White

I fell asleep and dreamed that life was only Happiness. I woke and discovered that life was Duty. I did my Duty…

— Paulo Coelho

“It is the duty of every wise person to seek out people with potential and freely guide them on the path of…

— Charbel Tadros

Our kids' lives depend upon keeping them safe. That has to be a fundamental duty and responsibility for me as mayor. That…

— Lori Lightfoot

“In Sanskrit, there exists no word for ‘The Individual’ (L’Individu). En Grèce antique, il n’y avait aucun mot pour dire ‘Devoir’ (Duty).…

— Roman Payne

I like to be depressing. I feel it's my duty to make everyone a little less happy. You know that line in…

— Jamaica Kincaid

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

I think it is important to recall the context of those challenging times immediately following 9/11. For me, I had just returned…

— Gina Haspel

Let's make it clear for the dimmest bulbs among you: the kids at Columbine High didn't die from too many guns, they…

— L. Neil Smith

One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life.…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

— Adrian Rogers

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

— John Lewis

“often wondered why people invoked duty as the reason to keep doing what was destroying them.”

— Anonymous

I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can,…

— John D. Rockefeller

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

— Winston Churchill

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nor must we always be neutral where our neighbors are concerned: for tho' meddling is a fault, helping is a duty.

— William Penn

“True wealth, success, and happiness can only be achieved by balancing our business life with the duty we have to our self…

— Joseph C. Kunz Jr

My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.

— Madame de Stael

When freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Loyalty isn't a Duty its is a Devotion to Someone !!!! Loyalty has to be earned, BOTTOM LINE !!!!

— Kevin Mccarty

The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.

— John Maynard Keynes

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as…

— Blaise Pascal

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred…

— Anonymous

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

— Tryon Edwards