On Duty Quotes
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes every sacrifice seem trivial, every duty a pleasure.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.
Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.
A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.
You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.
Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
Do today's duty, fight to-day's temptation; and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.
How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.
If it is your duty to croak like the toad, then go ahead! And with all your might! Make them hear you!
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.
The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.
This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.
You are not so good a Christian when you are neglecting a plain duty as when you are performing it. And joining the church is a plain duty for all who mean to be Christians.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the past....We all have a duty to do what we can to turn this around.
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.
There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.
Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.
I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their Disposer.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
All social life, stability, progress, depend upon each man's confidence in his neighbor, a reliance upon him to do his duty.
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'
This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.
Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?
We cannot and we must not allow ourselves to get distracted from our sacred duty. We cannot and we must not lose focus on the things that matter most.