Quotes About Duty

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

The paternal and filial duties discipline the heart, and prepare it for the love of all mankind. The intensity of private attachment encourages, not prevents, universal benevolence.

He felt his heart roll, exposing its underbelly. Nothing he could do about that. He was equipped to eliminate threats, protect and serve. Not to love. Never to love.

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.

Responsibility means being able to respond to whatever situation you may face in your life.

Love is the outlaw's duty.

Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.

This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.

I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.

For love of country, they accepted death.

Love cannot exists as a duty; to tell a child that it ought to love its parents and its brother and sisters is utterly useless, if not worse.

Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.

I'm doing what I have to do. I want everyone to know that I love them.

This World will always continue to be a mixture of Good and Evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to Love even the wrongdoer.

Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always; like God, to love always--this is duty.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

duty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love.

It is the primary duty of parents to make their children socially desirable. That will provide the child with opportunity, self-regard, and security. It's more important even than fostering individual identity.