Duty Quotes
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.
I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word.
As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.
The epoch of individuality is concluded, and it is the duty of reformers to initiate the epoch of association. Collective man is omnipotent upon the earth he treads.
The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.
It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.
Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good.
The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.
What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.
It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.
Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.
We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.
Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species.
We regard prayer no longer as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege which is to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.
It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.
The real joy of life is in its play. Play is anything we do for the joy and love of doing it, apart from any profit, compulsion, or sense of duty. It is the real joy of living.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
Sir, if you think that I am that kind of a man, you have missed your mark. I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be false to duty.
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions were more necessary to us than daily food.
A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to reflect the average political level of the masses.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.
People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting the role of compulsory constituent.
I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse to serve as an ersatz for Himmler.
It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
We believe it is the duty of the vanguard political movement which brings change to educate people's outlook
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.