Best Duty Sayings

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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often… — Marc Chagall
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. — Chanakya
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a… — William Ellery Channing
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience… — William Ellery Channing
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. — James Allen
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Churchill
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need… — Tom Clancy
I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify. — Ramsey Clark
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. — Kurt Cobain
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel
But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment,… — John Abizaid
Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties. — Doug Larson
Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the… — Rebecca West
Thank God I have done my duty. — Horatio Nelson
Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Vision looks inwards and becomes duty. Vision looks outwards and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upwards and becomes faith. — Stephen Samuel Wise
A year ago Guyana became politically free and independent. She assumed the untrammeled right to make her own decisions on what ought to be done… — Unknown Author
I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of… — Antony Hewish
[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and… — Charles Eliot Norton
News Corporation, today, reaches people at home and at work... when they're thinking... when they're laughing... and when they are making choices that have enormous… — Rupert Murdoch

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