Duty Quotes

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.

The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.

Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.

Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second.

No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

It is man's foremost duty to awaken the understanding of the inner self and to know his own real inner greatness. Once he knows his true worth, he can know the worth of others.

What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.

Most criminals are not born; they are made.... What the State really punishes in a criminal is often its own neglect, its own failure to do its duty to the citizen.

There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze.

Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.

I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.

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

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.

Duty is ours, results are God's.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All will be right.

Some people try to get out of jury duty by lying. You don't have to lie. Tell the judge the truth. Tell him you'd make a terrific juror because you can spot guilty people.

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

The right to die can so easily become the duty to die.

I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.

The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

For in spite of the snapdragons and the duty millers and the cherry blossoms, it was always winter.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

It is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high. This is my task, but it is not an easy one to fulfill.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.