Best 786 quotes in «duty quotes» category

The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.

The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.

The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself, but only in relation to the obligation to which it corresponds.

The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.

There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.

The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these laws.

The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.

There are some surely whom you like and whom you dislike, for whom you entertain esteem and for whom you feel contempt? Have you not thought that you have some duties toward them, that you can aid them in leading better lives?

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

There is, however, one other human right which is infrequently mentioned but which seems to be destined to become very important: this is the right, or the duty, of the individual to abstain from cooperating in activities which he considers wrong or pernicious.

There is generally no such thing as duty to the people who do it. They simply take life as it comes, meeting, not, shirking its demands, whether pleasant or unpleasant; and that is pretty much all there is of it.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

The right to choose to live or to die is the most fundamental right there is; conversely, the duty to give others that opportunity to the best of our ability is the most fundamental duty there is.

There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy ... There's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.

The right to die can so easily become the duty to die.

There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty.

There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

The right of personal freedom recedes before the duty to preserve the race.

The right to search for truth implies also a duty.

The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.

The second duty of the wife is constant obedience and subjection.

The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do.

The true source of rights is duty.

The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'

The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

The vital energies regulate themselves naturally without compulsive duty or compulsive morality both of which are sure signs of existing antisocial impulses.

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.

The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.

This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer.

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

This post of President is a Constitutional post. It is the duty of everyone, all citizens to see that they respect the post... the institution of President.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.

Thou art relieved of thy duties!

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

Though Duty's face is stern, her path is best: They sweetly sleep who die upon her breast.