Quotes About Duty

One can define this virtue," he wrote, "as love of the laws and of the homeland [patrie].

I set down my lance, symbol of duty. I spurn those whom I love. I relinquish all, and take up the tools of my quest. No obstacle will stand before me. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No moon will look upon me twice lest I be judged idle. I give my body, heart and soul to the Lady whom I seek...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

With great freedom comes great responsibility, someone said once, well, it doesn't work the other way around.

expect me to stand here?" the maid asked in a low hiss. "I'm sorry, Bridget,

Will you be lighting the lamp, or is it the entire night you expect me to stand here?" the maid asked in a low hiss.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.

if it comes to a choice between being a good soldier and a good human being -- try to be a good human being".

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Perché in fondo l'abitudine è un rito, si crede di fare qualcosa come se fosse un piacere e in realtà si sta ubbidendo a un dovere che ci si è imposti. O anche uno scongiuro, pensò, forse l'abitudine è anche una forma di esorcismo, e poi la si sente come un piacere.

A genius is always serious about his roles and responsibility towards the welfare of the society.

A hard worker does his duty with sincerity even without the supervision, but the malingerer shirks his responsibility even if he is kept round the clock under the surveillance camera observation in an organization.

A sane knows that a person who has brain does not make the display of own beauty, but discharge own responsibility only towards making a better society.

An employee should do his duty with an integrity in a private company merely to that extent its employer fulfills his responsibility with an honesty towards the workforce welfare.

Salute to someone is not often respect but only responsibility.

The employees appear liability to an employer whose decision-making authority often shirks own responsibility but expects the majority of workforce to do their duty with sincerity.

My grand-daddy died fightin for it, my Dad was wounded in the war, my brother served in Korea and I did my duty in Nam. We've paid our dues and we done all we could for this country, but we didn't do it to turn America into no nigger heaven, pardon my saying so. And we'll do it again if we have to against those Commie rats and anybody else that don't like the way things are. That's the American way.' 'Amen

Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

PEACE is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

A man's rights are not merely decorations or ends in themselves. They are opportunities, instruments, trusts. And when any man has them, it means that he is placed on a vantage-ground from which, secure of oppression or interference, he may begin to do his duty.[

Who gives his life to duty Will hardships ever find, And many, many crosses, And roads that devious wind. Awaiting him seems Pleasure At every turn of road; But Duty stands as sentinel, With lash and whip to goad.

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good.

This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, one who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.