Action Quote by William Godwin

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

Duty is what one expects from others.

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Ambrose Bierce

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 is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial.

— Benjamin Franklin

I believe military duty is a duty.

— Jin

Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity.

— Henry David Thoreau

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to…

— Robert E. Lee

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

— George Eliot

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