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title: "10 Religious Duty Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Nothing can inspire religious duty or animation but religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-cockburn/nothing-can-inspire-religious-duty-or-animation-but-religion/)

[Alexander Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-cockburn/)

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> [It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/it-is-a-religious-duty-for-those-who-cook-to-learn-how-to-prepare/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

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> [Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty... If I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osama-bin-laden/acquiring-weapons-for-the-defense-of-muslims-is-a-religious-duty-if-i/)

[Osama bin Laden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osama-bin-laden/)

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> [I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-rockefeller/i-was-trained-from-the-beginning-to-work-to-save-i-have-always/)

[John D. Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-rockefeller/)

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> [Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/some-people-keep-god-in-a-sunday-morning-box-and-say-hey-i-did-my/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-rockefeller/i-believe-it-is-a-religious-duty-to-get-all-the-money-you-can-fairly/)

[John D. Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-rockefeller/)

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> [To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/to-cultivate-the-intellect-is-therefore-a-religious-duty-and-when/)

[William Winwood Reade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-winwood-reade/)

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> [God doesn't want religious duty. He doesn't want a distracted, half-hearted, 'Fine, I'll read a chapter...now are You happy?' attitude. God wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/god-doesn-t-want-religious-duty-he-doesn-t-want-a-distracted-half/)

[Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/)

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> [Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osama-bin-laden/acquiring-weapons-for-the-defense-of-muslims-is-a-religious-duty-if-i-2/)

[Osama bin Laden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osama-bin-laden/)

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> [Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anandamayi-ma/widen-your-shriveled-heart-make-the-interests-of-others-your-own-and/)

[Anandamayi Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anandamayi-ma/)

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