Duty Quotes

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

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

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.

Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.

If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified all the provisions of the clause prescribing the duty of states to participate in sanctions.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.