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Duty Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
- It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions…
- A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.
- Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.…
- If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us…
- Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter
- I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right…
- What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether…
- It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and…
- A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
- Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as…
- Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty.
- Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in…
- Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two... The duty of a human being is to diminish hatred and…
- I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what…
- The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.
- In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately…
- Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
- Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
- If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
- Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
- It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty…
- Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe…
- Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
- Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.
- Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty
More Duty Quotes
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
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- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
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- We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry
- An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. — Jacques Barzun
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