Quotes About Duty

El señor Morrel comprendió que nada podía intentarse; un comisario con faja no es ya un hombre, es la estatua de la ley, fría, sorda, muda.

He did the right thing,' the count replied. 'He has a noble heart. He realized that every man owes some debt to his country: some give their talents, others their hard work; some watch, others bleed. Had he stayed

Pentru Dumnezeu, doamn?! r?spunse procurorul regal cu o t?rie care nu era lipsit? de usc?ciune; pentru Dumnezeu, nu-mi cereÈ›i graÈ›ie pentru vinovat. Ce sunt eu? Legea. Are ochi legea s? vad? tristeÈ›ea dumneavoastr?? Are urechi legea s? aud? glasul dumneavoastr? blând? Nu, doamn?, legea porunceÈ™te, iar când legea a poruncit, loveÈ™te.

L'honneur, c'est le respect de ce que l'on doit aux autres, et surtout de ce qu'on se doit à soi-même.»

D'Artagnan guardava meravigliato quell'uomo che metteva il potere illimitato che era nelle sue mani, potere che il re gli aveva affidato, al servizio dei suoi amori.

Up to then, the joy of fulfilling, perhaps over-fulfilling, their duty had kept them in a state of exultation. Such a state is close to enthusiasm and that makes one insensible to the things of this earth. But their enthusiasm died down, and they had had gradually to return from the land of dreams to the world of reality.

There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into conflict; and such seasons may be only those when our faith and patience are put on trial, so as to bring it clearly before us, whether or not, quite irrespective of all else, we are content to leave everything in the hands of God.

So the two went quietly out to save life or lose it, not counted the cost.

knew that from now on she would be held hostage by her responsibilities.

Everything was hidden. I now understood it was our duty as human beings to see behind the veil to the inside of the world, to the heart of things.

Should is what you don't want to do, but do anyway. That isn't me.

For later generations of women—post Sexual Revolution—enjoying sex was to become simply a duty, the perfect orgasm yet another thing to add to the list of required accomplishments; and when enjoyment becomes a duty, we're back in the land of "dreariness of spirit.

Arthur managed to speak to his grandmother [Queen Eleanor of England], demanding that she evacuate the castle with all her possessions and then go peaceably wherever she wished, for he wanted to show nothing but honour to her person. The Queen replied that she would not leave it, but if he behaved as a courtly gentlemen, he would quit this place, for he would find plenty of castles to attack other than the one she was in.

At Sanford's 1998 funeral in Duke Chapel, childhood friend Dickson Philips eulogized this Eagle from Troop 20 in the town of Laurinburg. To the assembled crowd, he eloquently said, "[Terry Sanford] took an oath when he was twelve years old and kept it. It started out, 'On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country,' and included such things as 'help other people at all times.' He believed it: He was the eternal Boy Scout.

If you stay neutral, you're in the wrong as an Eagle Scout. In my vision, being an Eagle Scouts is actively trying to do good.

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.

VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.

It is your duty in life to save your dream.

That was an age of great men doing what was right...This is an age of little men doing what they must.

That was the age of great men, doing what was right.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

I'm not sir, I'm Corporal Tunny.' 'Sorry, Corporal Tunny.' 'Now look. I don't want you here and you don't want to be here—' 'I want to be here,' said Lederlingen. 'You do?' 'Volunteered.' A trace of pride in his voice. 'Vol … un … teered?' Tunny wrestled with the word as if it belonged to a foreign language. 'So they do exist.

A lot of wasted time, to the Dogman's mind, but once you've been fool enough to ask for a task, you better do the one you're given.n