First Duty Quotes
96 quotes by 77 authors
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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the…
— David Brin
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
— Thomas Carlyle
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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this…
— Alexis Carrel
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It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens…
— James Madison
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The first duty of society is justice.
— Alexander Hamilton
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The first duty of life is to live.
— Burt Lancaster
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The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their…
— Maurice Maeterlinck
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It is our first duty to serve society.
— Samuel Johnson
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Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly…
— Wallace D. Wattles
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The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
— James Anthony Froude
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Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the…
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter…
— Poul Anderson
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I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if you can manage…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that…
— James Russell Lowell
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Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not…
— Madam C. J. Walker
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Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission -…
— Francis of Assisi
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The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even…
— Andre Malraux
Who Wrote These First Duty Quotes
77 authors contributed a total of 96 First Duty Quotes, led by these top contributors: