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title: "11 Life Duty Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/only-those-are-fit-to-live-who-do-not-fear-to-die-and-none-are-fit-to-3/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [“Because you have been blessed with the gift of life, it is your duty to help others. We are all responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/because-you-have-been-blessed-with-the-gift-of-life-it-is-your-duty/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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> [You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/you-were-given-life-it-is-your-duty-and-also-your-entitlement-as-a/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/elizabeth-gilbert-131_beautiful_you-were-given-life-it-is-your-duty-and_1782415.jpg)

> [“Life is duty and obligation, therefore love, too, is a duty. It's as if God sent it to me,' she said, looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/life-is-duty-and-obligation-therefore-love-too-is-a-duty-it-s-as-if/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

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> [The queen and I always got on well, still do; I uphold everything Her Majesty represents, has given up her life for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ferguson/the-queen-and-i-always-got-on-well-still-do-i-uphold-everything-her/)

[Sarah Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ferguson/)

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> [It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/it-is-the-duty-of-a-doctor-to-prolong-life-and-it-is-not-his-duty-to/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/prayer-is-to-the-christian-what-breath-is-to-life-yet-no-duty-of-the/)

[R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/)

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> [Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-korbut/anyway-i-will-go-same-road-because-i-i-was-born-in-gymnastics-this-is/)

[Olga Korbut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-korbut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/olga-korbut-19079_born_anyway-i-will-go-same-road-because-i-i-w_408825.png)

> [He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/he-has-no-right-to-his-life-when-his-duty-calls-him-to-resign-it/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

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> [“A longer pause, and the carriage came to a halt. “I see very little difference,” he finally said into the quiet. “My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-milan/a-longer-pause-and-the-carriage-came-to-a-halt-i-see-very-little/)

[Courtney Milan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-milan/)

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> [“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/only-those-are-fit-to-live-who-do-not-fear-to-die-and-none-are-fit-to/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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