Duty Quotes

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.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

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.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.