Duty Quotes

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

Awake my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run.

No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.

Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty.

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.

I am proactive in every duty, except that which requires action.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

The vital energies regulate themselves naturally without compulsive duty or compulsive morality both of which are sure signs of existing antisocial impulses.

We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.

Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.

The longer a soul hath neglected duty, the more ado there is to get it taken up.

The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.

The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all.

Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.

It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.

But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot school, I began to realize, maybe you are a little bit better.

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.

The right to search for truth implies also a duty.

Duty is duty, conscience is conscience, right is right, and wrong is wrong, whatever sized type they may be printed in. " Large" or "small" are not words for the vocabulary of conscience.

The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty.

Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.

I will always recommend Goodwin & Thyne Properties to all my friends and business associates, thank you for going over and beyond the call of duty!

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

It's everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance.

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

For strength to bear is found in duty alone, and he is blest indeed who learns to make the joy of others cure his own heartache.

It was the difference between walking with a stranger and walking with your heartmate. It was the difference between working for duty and working for love.

A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible.

O brave poets, keep back nothing; Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from earnest soul! Hold, in high poetic duty, Truest Truth the fairest Beauty.

Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.

A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.

The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

Men equally honest, equally devoted to their fatherland, are momentarily separated by different conceptions of their duty.

The second duty of the wife is constant obedience and subjection.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.