Duty Quotes

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.

William Cobbett
- Country
- Age
- Opinion
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.

Wilhelm Canaris
- Criminal
- Hitler
- Oppose

Liberty is not a right but a duty.

Ezra Pound
- Liberty
- Duty
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.

William Winwood Reade
- Soldier
- Duty
- Ancient
When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city.

Charles Grandison Finney
- Night
- Church
- Stupid
Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.

Blaise Pascal
- Thinking
- Lies
- Duty
There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into conflict; and such seasons may be only those when our faith and patience are put on trial, so as to bring it clearly before us, whether or not, quite irrespective of all else, we are content to leave everything in the hands of God.

Alfred Edersheim
- Faith
- Patience
- Duty
You must decide if karate is for your health or to aid your duty.

Anko Itosu
- Health
- Duty
- Karate