Quotes About Duty

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

Beside these there is no other way; for the act is necessarily either done or not done, and those who act either have knowledge or do not.

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it, everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfil.

For the Principles of the matters of moral action are the final cause of them: now to the man who has been corrupted by reason of pleasure or pain the Principle immediately becomes obscured, nor does he see that it is his duty to choose and act in each instance with a view to this final cause and by reason of it: for viciousness has a tendency to destroy the moral Principle: and so Practical Wisdom must be a state conjoined with reason, true, having human good for its object, and apt to do.

Myron, like countless NCO's before him, had discovered the ideal compromise between power and responsibility.

A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.

It's every man's business to see justice done.

A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it. And now for lunch, and then for Norman Neruda. Her attack and her bowing are splendid. What's that little thing of Chopin's she plays so magnificently: Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay.

This great and sombre stage is set for something more worthy than that," said he. "It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

Don't forget, Watson. You won't fail me. You never did fail me. No doubt there are natural enemies which limit the increase of the creatures. You and I, Watson, we have done our part. Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters? No, no; horrible! You'll convey all that is in your mind.

We can't do these things in the force, Mr. Holmes," said he. "No wonder you get results that are beyond us. But some of these days you'll go too far, and you'll find yourself and your friend in trouble." "For England, home and beauty—eh, Watson? Martyrs on the altar of our country.

There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and

There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.

Nos encontramos con el hilo rojo del asesinato enroscado en la madeja incolora de la vida, y nuestro deber consiste en desenmascararlo, aislarlo y exponerlo hasta la última pulgada.

Not your fight, Jack. (Steele) That never stopped me before. Uncle Cam never cared if I had an issue with someone or not before they had me take their head off. (Jack)

Choose the duty that you can most effectively execute: that is, finally, all we can do in life.

Duty and conscience were, for Theodora, attributes which belonged properly to Girl Scouts.

To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.

La consciencia de la culpabilidad y el sentimiento del deber serían las dos propiedades características del animal gregario.

El honor de una mujer era el honor de todos los hombres que tenían el derecho y el deber de velar por ella.

I never thought, she went on, that it would be so easy for me to lie. But what must be done can be done.

A particular kind of patriotism, promises of adventure, finances. This is how boys end up soldiers.

So when I popped up on the phone asking questions, people were happy to help. They felt it was their duty. Plus I think everybody wants to feel appreciated. Everyone wants to feel that their work is important, it's human nature. The main reason people answered questions from a wide-eyed, twenty-something Brit, was simply because I asked.

Arthur said: "A superman has asked a subhuman to do something which is superhuman. If you had forgiven him, you would never have forgiven yourself all your life.