Disregarded Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge…

— Mother Teresa

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.

— Immanuel Kant

Duty is what one expects from others.

— Oscar Wilde

For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to everyone.

— W. S. Gilbert

Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

Duty should be a byproduct.

— Brenda Ueland

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

— Ambrose Bierce

There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want…

— Ayn Rand

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general…

— William Godwin

Necessity is stronger than duty.

— Seneca the Younger

To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty…

— Terry Goodkind