Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit… — P.J. O'Rourke
Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb… — Erwin Rommel
If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. — Samuel Johnson
I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do… — King Edward VIII
It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life… — Carl Levin
Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide… — John Owen
And we wonder what can be that 'philosophy of education' which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping… — Henry Steele Commager
For our duties and our needs, in all the fundamental things for which we were created, come down in practice to the same thing. — Thomas Merton
On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and best wishes to… — C. Rajagopalachari
Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their… — Giuseppe Garibaldi
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. — William Carey
Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced? — George Whitefield
There are many likewise, who go on in a round of duties, a model of performances, that think they shall go to heaven; but if… — George Whitefield
Holiness is the sum of a million little things â€” the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of… — Kevin DeYoung
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is… — Rita Dove
The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. — Georges Bernanos
In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend. — Zachary Taylor
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties… — Andrew Johnson
Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable… — Alfred Thayer Mahan
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every… — H. L. Mencken

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