First Duty Quotes

96 First Duty quotes by 77 unique authors

Women becoming, consequently, weakerthan they ought to behave not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to lasciviousness the parental… — Mary Wollstonecraft
I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I… — P.J. O'Rourke
As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake… — Horace Mann
It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible. — Thomas Huxley
Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell a… — Ford Madox Ford
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going. — Abbie Hoffman
A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering. — Albert Kesselring
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else. — Iris Chang
A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of… — G. H. Hardy
In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother’s first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet and… — Charlotte Mason
The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair. — Herbert Bayard Swope
The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master. — Peter Forsyth
We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the… — Martin Luther
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means to give up… — Unknown Author
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have… — Swami Vivekananda
This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop. — Maria Montessori
The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict. — W. Somerset Maugham
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful.… — Theodora Goss
The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. — Henri Murger
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin. — Martin Luther
Our first duty is not to be poor. — George Bernard Shaw
A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first. — Mark Twain
In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well. — Jean Toomer
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that… — Ronald Reagan
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews

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