Quotes About Duty

As a scientist and an explorer I have a duty to bear witness to the splendours of the world.

I have to consider the needs of the Biscuit-Box Man – and the Folded-Up Child – and the People of the Alcove. They only have me to take care of them. They are in unfamiliar surroundings and may feel disconcerted. I have to return them to their appointed places.

To attain the purpose of life, it is necessary to do one's duties, whether one lives in the world or outside it. The path of renunciation and the path of action, though two diverse ways, are equally helpful for attaining self-emancipation. One is the path of sacrifice, the other the path of conquest.

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.

It's my place to stand beside you, and support you, and yes, just fucking look pretty on your arm sometimes. It's my right, my duty, and my privilege, Eva, just as it's yours in reverse.

It's my place to stand beside you, and support you, and yes, just fucking look pretty on your arm sometimes. It's my right, my duty, and my privilege, Eva, just as it's yours in reverse." Excerpt From: Day, Sylvia. "Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel." PENGUIN group, 2012-10-02T05:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

Family affection Was a kind of formal obligation, a duty Only noticed by its neglect.

Yes, look," said Martine. "The Other has played his knight.

Listen. We have always had Sacrifices and they have always done their duty without question. But in the days and years ahead, we need something different. We need Builders

God shapes us with a hammer of pain on an anvil of duty. I cannot imagine what shape we will be when He is finished.

If only men would do what they should.

Honor is a wonderful thing, but it is a means, not an end. A man who starves with honor does not help his family, a king who falls on his sword with honor does not save his kingdom.

That little spark of life, if I should do my duty, should be fanned into a flame, whose light should blaze across the world, and bless, and brighten it.

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.

You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

I'm to attend balls and banquets without my squire? demanded Raoul, all innocence. I can't handle things like requesting water to shave with, or getting my clothes pressed. I need Kel.

What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.

When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

When people tell me a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh," Lord Raoul had once told Kel. "Sometimes I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.

Cold enough to burn, she was yet his dutiful wife.

Nothing on earth or under it would induce him to pursue that man in his plain dark blue, to court that man, to tell him his son would do as he was bid. Nor could anything, least of all himself restrain Romulan from obeying his order-inane, not understood, ridiculous, a promise of utter tedium. For to refuse Valentius was to refuse all his forbears, the very mortar of the Tower itself. Such defiance seemed too heavy for Romulan to shoulder, although he ached to do so.

Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities.

A hero is merely a man never afraid of being called to heaven because he is certain he has done his duty, Nicholas. -Admiral Lord Nelson (fictional)

Blake cracked a smile at the sight of the elegant Marquis of Riverdale balancing a tea service. If I could find another I trust, I'd hire him in a minute. At any rate, as soon as I'm done with my duties at the War Office, the discretion of my servants will no longer be quite as paramount.