Duty Quotes

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

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.

I have perceived much beauty In the hoarse oaths that kept our courage straight; Heard music in the silentness of duty; Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.

The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art

To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, And hear His pardoning voice Changes a slave into a child, And duty into choice.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty.

Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a Divine sanction to duty.

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

Beyond all the fires of love through which one passes there is the star of Duty, and happy the individual who can live in its serenity.

This earth will be looked back on like a lowly home, and this life of ours be remembered like a short apprenticeship to duty.

There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion and all made of wishes, All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance

In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence.

What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.

Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.

At night numbers must sleep; it is their duty, just as it is their duty to work in the daytime. Not sleeping at night is a criminal offense.

It's my duty as a guardian to protect Cross Academy, day and night.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must, ' The youth whispers, 'I can.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are

Ensure you have done each day’s portion of the heavy responsibilities resting on you. Never delay your success!

The highest duty of the writer is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation.

Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life.

The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws. And such a faculty can be found only in rational beings.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.

Theodore Roosevelt's father wrote him, "I fear for your future. We cannot stand so corrupt a government for any great length of time.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low Thou must The youth replies I can.

Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Never mind your happiness do your duty.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

It's the duty of every man to free himself. Never accept to live an underdog's life in god’s world.

Every revolution starts with the aim to help the poor, but when the poor get it they forget who they were and become the new oppressors. The cycle goes on forever

My duty is to pray. I know God hears my prayers.

Mankind has a divine duty, to be stewardship of the natural resources.

Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.

Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling.

A true writer has a moral duty to uplift humanity.

The different kinds of work require different people to perform the task. You must fulfil your specific task.

The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse.

He was strict and hard and had perfectly clear and definite ideas about duty, where the others were concerned. For oneself one can always find circumstances that alter cases