Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

...the institutional arrangement whereby most professional economists are heavily burdened with teaching and administrative duties may militate against a sufficient admixture of the more laborious… — Unknown Author
If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us… — Mahatma Gandhi
Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter — Mahatma Gandhi
I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right… — Mahatma Gandhi
If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds… — Frederick Douglass
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties… — Barack Obama
I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We should labor to… — Wilford Woodruff
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I… — Gouverneur Morris
With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties. — Thomas Jefferson
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when… — Alexander Hamilton
We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… — Thomas Jefferson
As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and… — Alexander Hamilton
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and… — Giuseppe Mazzini
In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man becomes rarer: the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the… — Abraham Lincoln
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found in the things… — Unknown Author
There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California. Ronald… — James Garner

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