Best 786 quotes in «duty quotes» category

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

It is admitted that all men have an equal right to the enjoyment of their life, property and personal security; and it is the duty as it is the object, of government to protect every man in this enjoyment.

It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.

It is a happy thing for us that this is really all we have to concern ourselves about--what to do next. No man can do the second thing. He can do the first.

It is a duty not only to punish, but to prevent all manner of evil.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to duty if he desires to do so. To understand men, you must understand their desires and the relative strength of those desires.

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.

It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.

it is necessary that we should all have a little of the will to die, because otherwise we would find the performance of our biological duty of death too difficult.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.

It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty.

It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available.

It is not only our right as members of the global human family to protest when our brothers and sisters are being treated brutally, but it is also our duty to do whatever we can to hep them.

It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.

It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably

It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge, and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the daily lectures—but far and wide.

It is our duty to make a leap into the future, and I believe that we will make it.

It is our duty to save the world. That is our mission, insofar as they will listen unto us and receive our testimony.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

It is our duty to do all we can to introduce every generation to Christ.

It is our duty to ensure we have a peace worth fighting for.

It is our first duty to serve society.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.

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

It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.

[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.

It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery.

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.

It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.

It is the duty of all magicians to give entertainment.

It is the duty of each one of us to be a holy woman. We shall have elevated aims, if we are holy women.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

It is your duty in life to save your dream.

It occurred to me that I had the duty to give society something in exchange for the free education I was getting.

It is our duty to love the unloved, help the helpless, and bring hope to the hopeless

It's my duty to enlighten people.