Duty Quotes
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The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
John Ruskin -
To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
Stieg Larsson
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I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
Paul Cook -
We are not people apart; there is no reason in the world why we shouldn't fight for the preservation of a chance to live freely; no reason why we shouldn't suffer to uphold that which we want to endure than it is anyone else. And it is a matter of self-preservation right this very minute...May God give me courage to do my duty and not falter.
Nile Kinnick -
There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our duty. To prepare tabernacles for them; to take a course that will not tend to drive those spirits into families of the wicked, where they will be trained in wickedness, debauchery, and every species of crime. It is the duty of every righteous man and woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they can.
Brigham Young -
Duty and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God.
Horace Greeley -
No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.
Benjamin Carson -
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.
William Deane
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Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
Norman Douglas -
In our Army every soldier must care about his job. Often- if the duty seems menial or hum-drum- it is hard to cultivate this attitude. But it must be done. What you do in your job each day, you do for the Army.
William O. Wooldridge -
If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system.
Evo Morales -
Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.
Elizabeth von Arnim -
When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.
Paul Cook -
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Thomas Carlyle
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It is our duty to ensure we have a peace worth fighting for.
Chris Bradford -
Thoughts are not subject to duty.
Martin Luther -
A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.
Ezra Taft Benson -
To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.
Brigham Young -
A thousand wheels of labor are turned by dear affections, and kept in motion by self-sacrificing endurance; and the crowds that pour forth in the morning and return at night are daily procession of love and duty.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin -
I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.
Gertrude Atherton
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No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin -
I enjoy popularisation and I think I'm reasonably good at it. I also think it's a duty. It's just so pedagogically stupid to forget how difficult one found these ideas oneself to begin with.
Terry Eagleton