First Duty Quotes

96 quotes by 77 authors

• 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
• The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. — Thomas Carlyle
• 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
• 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
• The first duty of society is justice. — Alexander Hamilton
• The first duty of life is to live. — Burt Lancaster
• 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
• 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
• It is our first duty to serve society. — Samuel Johnson
• 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
• The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. — James Anthony Froude
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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:

• 3 First Duty Quotes by George Orwell
• 3 First Duty Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
• 3 First Duty Quotes by Maria Montessori
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Ronald Reagan
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Abbie Hoffman
• 2 First Duty Quotes by John Ruskin
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Paul Tillich
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Virginia Woolf
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Martin Luther
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
• 2 First Duty Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck
• 1 First Duty Quote by Wallace D. Wattles
• 1 First Duty Quote by Henri Murger
• 1 First Duty Quote by Lanza del Vasto
• 1 First Duty Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
• 1 First Duty Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 First Duty Quote by Charles Buxton
• 1 First Duty Quote by James Anthony Froude
• 1 First Duty Quote by Jean Toomer
• 1 First Duty Quote by Bernajoy Vaal
• 1 First Duty Quote by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
• 1 First Duty Quote by Vikrant Parsai
• 1 First Duty Quote by Poul Anderson
• 1 First Duty Quote by Brander Matthews