Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice… — Jay Sekulow
The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected. — Bob McDonnell
Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this century or perhaps… — Edwin Newman
Learn to commend thy daily acts to God, so shall the dry every-day duties of common life be steps to heaven, and lift they heart… — Edward Bouverie Pusey
I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone. — Marlene Dietrich
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian… — Edmund Burke
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just… — Elihu Root
Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day's duties were done as… — Mary Slessor
When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder… — Charles Warren Stoddard
I happen to like household chores and resent them only when performing them makes it difficult for me to fulfill my professional duties. — Kay Boyle
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other. — Millard Fillmore
On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily… — James Howard Kunstler
I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my… — Maria Monk
I will employ my strength for the welfare of the German people, protect the Constitution and laws of the German people, conscientiously discharge the duties… — Adolf Hitler
To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group. — Robin Hobb
Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger… — Peter Julian Eymard
See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open… — Jean Paul
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital to find its… — Thomas B. Macaulay
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What… — Eric Hoffer
Happy the man who knows his duties! — Christian Furchtegott Gellert
Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind. — Ralph Barton Perry
Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let… — Guru Nanak
If any country were indeed filled with men, each thus diligently discharging the duties of his own station without breaking in upon the rights of… — William Wilberforce

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