Best His Duty Sayings
96 His Duty quotes by 75 unique authors
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One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
— Joseph Joubert
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To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the…
— Aleister Crowley
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The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing…
— Lord David Cecil
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Someone's looking for a lead, in his duty to a king or creed. Protecting what he feels is right, fights against wrong with his life.
— Robert Palmer
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When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes…
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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What is right or duty without power ? To tell a man it is his duty to submit his judgment to the judgment of the…
— James Anthony Froude
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Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his…
— Douglas MacArthur
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England expects that every man will do his duty.
— Horatio Nelson
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
— George Bernard Shaw
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His air of failure had nothing desperate about it; rather, it seemed to stem from an unresented realisation that he was not cut out for…
— Julian Barnes
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
— Elie Wiesel
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Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. .…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but…
— Jane Austen
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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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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…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has…
— Elie Wiesel
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means…
— William Faulkner
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His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had…
— Terry Goodkind
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He’d developed a strangely tender feeling towards such words, as if they were children abandoned in the woods and it was his duty to rescue…
— Margaret Atwood
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A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not…
— Wilbur Smith
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He [Brian Fraser] told me that a man must be responsible for any see he sows, for it's his duty to take care of a…
— Diana Gabaldon
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