Duty Quotes
Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.
Addison, Joseph
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
Beecher, Henry Ward
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Disraeli, Benjamin
Duty cannot exist without faith.
Dryden, John
Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.
Dryden, John
Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed.
Eliot, George
And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily. Command was service; humblest service done By willing and discerning souls was glory.
Eliot, George
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
Fielding, Henry
When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough: I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
Froude, James A.
In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.
Ghandi, Mahatma
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Gita, Bhagavad
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
Green, Anna Katharine
Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?
Jefferson, Thomas
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Lytton, Edward
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.
MacCall, William
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see The curved line ever follow thee.
Mazzini, Giuseppe
Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.
Mazzini, Giuseppe
What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent.
Mencius
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
Milner, Lord
If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and to damn the consequences.
Milton, John
Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.
Morris, Lewis
Knowledge is the hill which few may wish to climb; Duty is the path that all may tread.
Prior, Matthew
Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!) Be humble and be just.
Rebecque, Henri Benjamin
Where there are no rights, there are no duties.
Rockefeller, John D.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
Shakespeare, William
My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty.
Shaw, George Bernard
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
Szasz, Thomas
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.
Unknown
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
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But what is your duty? What the day demands.
Whittier, John Greenleaf
Simply duty hath no place for fear.