Duty Quote by Shirley Jackson

“The Girl Scout’s motto is also mine. I fill my life with worthwhile deeds such as — well, never mind what. My duty is…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Her instinct was to defend, to hoard the treasures of her life, to build about herself the symbols of normal existence.”

— John le Carré

“She confused being spartan with being charitable, and gave away her possessions without truly doing good with them. She confused being sick with being…

— E. Lockhart

“The being who discharges the duties of its station, is independent; and, speaking of women at large, their first duty is to themselves as…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“In ethics of life, the gender that are much discussed, are favourites.”

— sol michael

“… as we submit to be dressed like dolls, we never can rise to the stations of duty and usefulness from which they desire…

— Sarah Grimké

“The unconscious fabric of human destiny had done with her, unraveling all her grievances and reweaving them as joyous circumstance.”

— Michelle Franklin

“Indeed, she had started to wonder if her blessings might be in her daughters and their progeny rather than in her sons. There was…

— Elizabeth Chadwick

“They preserved autonomy of conscience even at the cost of becoming eccentric.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Was that what they called the natural lot of women? to suffer, perhaps to share the blame, but have no share in the plan,…

— Margaret Oliphant

“Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went…

— Melody Lee

“But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what she…

— Elizabeth Gaskell