Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice… — Geoff Mulgan
Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days. — Henry Miller
Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches - nor is it a game for the… — John Steinbeck
Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs? — Richard Bach
That was one of the most fundamental and sacred duties good friends and families performed for one another! They tended the flame of memory, so… — Dean Koontz
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could make the same… — Neal A. Maxwell
If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease is to transfigure… — John O'Donohue
It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides,… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each… — C.S. Lewis
Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can't see it. So quietly submit to be painted---i.e., keep fulfilling all the… — C.S. Lewis
Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they… — James Joyce
There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties — John Muir
The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned… — Ayn Rand
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace. — Ramakrishna
A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties',… — Florence Nightingale
If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then… — Pope Benedict XVI

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