Duty Quotes
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And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand, at least this much of it.
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A sense of duty imprisons you.
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I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge.
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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.
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It was the difference between walking with a stranger and walking with your heartmate. It was the difference between working for duty and working for love.
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We grew up with the duty to make it difficult for others before they made it difficult for us.
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It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His almighty power is engaged for our defense and help in all of our straits and temptations.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.
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Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.
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Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.
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Let us never forget the duty, which we have taken upon us.
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Holiness is not a luxury for the few; it is not just for some people. It is meant for you and for me and for all of us. It is a simple duty, because if we learn to love, we learn to be holy.
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I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.
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Let the grassroots turn on the hate because that's the only thing that will make them do their duty.
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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
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Everything you have, whether it's money or stuff, is an obligation. It is as much your duty to care for and nurture any object you own as it would be if that object were your child. All possessions come with responsibilities. More possessions equals greater responsibility.
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All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else the race would become extinct. Each has his business to perform, his part to act. It is a duty he owes to the rest as well as to himself.
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An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.
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To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.
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The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.
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What rare days were those, When my chief duty was to write a song.
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It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.
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The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience.
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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
