Duties Quotes

506 Duties quotes by 376 unique authors

If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the… — Calvin Coolidge
The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available… — John Owen
President Obama was in Disney World today where he unveiled his new plan to create jobs. He was joined by Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse… — Jay Leno
When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos. — Robert Bolt
The duties of men are summarily comprised in the Ten Commandments, consisting of two tables; one comprehending the duties which we owe immediately to God-the… — Noah Webster
Do not lower the standard or cater to the worldly laxness of the average Christian by making the way in easy. Make sure that everyone… — Isabella Macdonald Alden
Most men are scantily nourished on a modicum of happiness and a number of empty thoughts which life lays on their plates. They are kept… — Albert Schweitzer
Can any man or woman choose duties? No more that they can choose their birthplace, or their father or mother. — George Eliot
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thou art relieved of thy duties! — Vince McMahon
Life is made up not necessarily of great sacrifices or high-level duties but of little things. The smiles, the kindnesses, the commitments and obligations and… — John Templeton
We need changes from the duties and the cares of our accustomed everyday life. They are necessary for healthy, normal living. We need occasionally to… — Ralph Waldo Trine
The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
... since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women seem to become… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these… — William Gilmore Simms
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,… — George Mason
MORAL LAW, Evidence of.- Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as it is sometimes… — Thomas Jefferson
The relations which exist between man and his Maker, and the duties resulting from those relations, are the most interesting and important to every human… — Thomas Jefferson
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten… — Noah Webster
Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism… — Evan Bayh
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes… — Nick Clooney
Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the… — Samuel Johnson
There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. . . . When the duties of life have all been nobly done;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I feel happy to be keeping a journal again. I've missed it, missed naming things as they appear, missed the half hour when I push… — May Sarton

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