Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager and professional advisers… — Leonard Cohen
From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those… — Russ Carnahan
One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile… — David Gemmell
Use thy duties, as Noah's dove did her wings, to carry thee to the ark of the Lord Jesus Christ, where only there is rest. — Isaac Ambrose
Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life. — John Flavel
I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his;… — Alfred North Whitehead
God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. Sitting down to brood over our… — Lettie Cowman
It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary,… — Francois Fenelon
You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all… — Seneca the Younger
I want to identify what a genuine man does—the virtues, the habits, the disciplines, the duties, the actions of true manhood—and then call men to… — Stephen Mansfield
You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession… — Benjamin Disraeli
The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would… — Hermann Hesse
If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid… — Oscar Wilde
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and… — George Washington
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned. — Hugh Shelton
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. — Ambrose Bierce
What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either… — Oscar Wilde
This little life has its duties that are great-that are alone great, and that go up to heaven and down to hell. — Thomas Carlyle
I was too impatient to work at the usual duties assigned women on newspapers. — Nellie Bly
To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one's country, to society, and to civilization itself. — Joseph Wood Krutch
What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchange of smiles with Beauty and… — Helen Keller
Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself. — Margaret Fuller
I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love. I detest prudence,… — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to… — Ramakrishna

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