Desire Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Duty is what one expects from others.

— Oscar Wilde

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general…

— William Godwin

Duty is that mode of action which constitutes the best application of the capacity of the individual to the general advantage.

— William Godwin

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to…

— Robert E. Lee

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge…

— Mother Teresa

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity.

— Henry David Thoreau

To stick to the present and not let it pass without drawing some profit from it, that's what I think duty is. ...let us…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does. What people think and believe and plan are all very…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Duty should be a byproduct.

— Brenda Ueland

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to…

— Robert E Lee