Quotes About Duty

Wherever you go and whatever ends you pursue, you must always fulfill the trust reposed in you by your nation, your parents and your alma mater

Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All will be right.

For you have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

Put thou thy trust in God; In duty's path go on; Fix on His word thy steadfast eye; So shall thy work be done.

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

Public office is a public trust.

The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

My responsibility is to truth and beauty.

The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

Some men's deaths left little besides unfulfilled obligations and the inconvenience of a corpse.

Could she live with herself, cowering, while the world burned.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized, as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

Dora sat on a corner of the spread rug, longing to be assigned some task so she could resent it.

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.

Soldiers are citizens of death's gray land.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.