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Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it;… — Samuel Smiles
Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is by… — Baron d'Holbach
To me it seems our duty towards the Bible is to obey its teaching in faith. I do not think we are bound to understand… — Christina Rossetti
A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire. — Jean Giraudoux
And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and… — Abraham Lincoln
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harsher blows, make acute… — George Meredith
Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty. — George Bernard Shaw
You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody. — Jean Giraudoux
A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty. — Mahatma Gandhi
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was… — Abraham Lincoln
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and… — Joseph Story
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him.… — James Madison
[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of… — Joseph Story
Every step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up. — George Bernard Shaw
At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps… — Nils Kjaer
Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain… — George Washington
Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions.… — Mother Teresa
The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty". Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute, get out… — Robert A. Heinlein
When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be… — Elihu Root
It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game… — Michael Jordan
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to… — George Washington
They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at… — Eugene V. Debs
An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my… — Henry Morton Stanley
The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty. — Woodrow Wilson

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