Concepts Quote by Ayn Rand

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, 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

“Moral conduct,or duty,is defined as the obligation to select that action which will achieve more good than any alternative action…”

— Anonymous

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

— Ambrose Bierce

There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Duty is an act of obedience stemming from respect, whilst willing desire is an act of freedom. To do something out of obedience is…

— Jill Thrussell

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

— Benjamin Constant

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

The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“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

The highest ethical duty is often to discard the outmoded ethics of the past.

— Corliss Lamont

“Nothing irks me more than the vocabulary of social responsibility. The very word ‘duty’ is unpleasant to me, like an unwanted guest. But the…

— Fernando Pessoa