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We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation.

We must grow out of religion. It is either bugaboo, formalism, or hysteria. Besides, what proof is there that "the churches" know more about "God" than the Cockney sentry on duty outside the camp? We have only their say-so.

We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

We would often rather seem dutiful to others than to succeed in our duties; and often we would rather tell our friends that we have done them good than to do good in actuality.

"We thought that, perhaps," said I, hesitating, "it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them.

We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

We won the lottery in life and life is such a beautiful, precious gift, and we have to savor it, because as far as we know, we are the only living things in the universe, so it is our duty to protect it.

What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.

What I see is not what I am looking at but what I am looking with. And so my first and principal duty...is to find my eyes of love.

What rare days were those, When my chief duty was to write a song.

When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

When she was rested. she'd find a way to escape. It was the duty of the captive, wasn't it?

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey.

When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Yes, it is difficult for man to cross beyond the idea of duty.

Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

Whoso neglects a thing which he suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is deceiving himself; it is not too little, but too great for him, that he doeth it not.

Yajna is duty to be performed, or service to be rendered, all twenty-four hours of the day.

You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

You don't have a right to vote, you've got a duty of vote.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.

You have a right to be treated professionally at work, and it's your supervisor's job to make sure all their employees can perform their duties comfortably and safely.

You might be a redneck if you missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

Your ability to let go is part of the duty that you have.

Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.

Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself.

You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.

Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.

Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self. Every attempt to live as if he were alone is a denial of the fact that he is actually responsible. He cannot escape the responsibility, which is his because he is a father. This reality refutes the fictitious notion that the isolated individual is the agent of all ethical behavior. It is not the isolated individual but the responsible person who is the proper agent to be considered in ethical reflection.

A creature doesn't move because it is a living thing, but because it knows what it can do with its life.

Agnosticism, Atheism, secularism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or any other counter belief to Christianity is not the greatest threat facing Christianity in the west. The biggest threat facing Christianity in the west is Scripture illiterate believers. People who are asleep, all while the world waits to here the Gospel...”

A great leader fights with great adversity, suffers greatly, but courageously, and never forget to help others is his ultimate duty.

A kunoichi is married to her duty, and to death.