Quotes About Duty

Bolshoi…A mother's life, one long errand. One enormous chore.

The "evangelical law of love knows no exception. May Christians come to realize this at last and redress their crying injustices. At this moment, when a curse seems to weigh upon the whole human race, it is the urgent duty to which we are called by the memory of Auschwitz.

When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it.

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

Douglas MacArthur said it well: "However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and give his life for his country, is the noblest development of mankind.

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El soldado entiende que hay veces cuando todos los otros han fallado y entonces tiene que «pagar la cuenta del carnicero» y luchar, sufrir, y morir para arreglar los errores de los políticos y cumplir la «voluntad del pueblo».

A tremendous volume of research indicates that the primary factor that motivates a soldier to do the things that no sane man wants to do in combat (that is, killing and dying) is not the force of self-preservation but a powerful sense of accountability to his comrades on the battlefield.

something bad happens and I hadn't worried about it, I'll feel guilty. This belief leads you to treat worry as a duty, or maybe even a beneficial activity. If you shirk your duty, bad things will happen and they'll be your fault.

Sometimes you have to look at the greater good, no matter what the consequences to yourself might be.

by and large too many good soldiers get shot, and too few politicians.

Was it not Jean-Paul Sartre who said, 'Man is condemned to be free! Because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does!

As for power, the man who has it is as much its slave as its master. The use of that power imposes obligations upon the one who uses it,

Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

But be this as it may, it is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote.

Abraham Lincoln, who was about to meet some visiting clergy to accept a petition, was shining his shoes when a cabinet minister came into his office for a quick answer to a question. The cabinet secretary asked in surprise, "Mr. President, are you shining your own shoes?" "Whose shoes would I shine?" replied Lincoln dryly.

Por um grupo todo de líderes, com responsabilidades diferentes – observou a diretora, pensativa. – O chefe continua exercendo seus deveres e responsabilidades específicas, assim como as outras pessoas da equipe. Mas o que estou entendendo é que, em um grupo de líderes, todos assumem a responsabilidade individual pelo sucesso do conjunto, influenciando e inspirando os outros a cumprirem seus deveres da melhor maneira possível.

Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.

The Laches Doctrine is one of my favorites to practice daily

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The airmen were considered the most important passengers on the carriers.

He was a good kid and a good destroyerman for the same reason: he was always looking out for someone else. At one point LeClerq had had the presence of mind to train his forty-millimeter mount on a spread of torpedoes bubbling toward Sprague's carriers. Johnny LeClerq was the very picture of wholesome blond American innocence, considerate of the enlisted men, devoted to the Navy, and meticulous in his duties.