Quotes About Duty

No military man is ever anxious to fight," said Cole. "We've seen war, and we've seen peace, and there's not a soldier or sailor anywhere in the galaxy who doesn't think peace is better.

To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water.

Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus, said the cat with a hostile frown, and, moreover, I consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient, inviolable animal.

The time had come to act, to drink the bitter cup of responsibility.

Hem tramvaylar?n geçtiÄŸi raylar? temizleyeceksin bütün gün, hem de Ispanya'daki fakirlerin geleceÄŸi üzerine kafa patlatacaks?n ha?

A young woman forced to keep drunks supplied with beer and siblings with clean underwear -instead of being allowed to pursue something higher- stores up great reserves of vitality, a vitality never dreamed of by university students yawning over their books.

In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. They are all forced, and it is the duty of every honest man to ignore them.

That's because you've only known life in its worst aspect, said Dr. Skreta. You've never known how to live. You've always thought that it was your duty to be, as they say, in the thick of things. In the core of reality. But what was that reality for you?

We deny our Lord whenever, like Demas, we through love of this present world forsake the course of duty which Christ has plainly pointed out to us.

Prema (love): practise that; develop that; spread that; and all the hatreds and jealousies of today will disappear. That is the duty of the Divine Life Society, here as well as elsewhere.

I love the Holy Spirit. I can't stand to see it being disrespected. It's been there for me at times when I really needed it. Therefore, I have a duty to stand for it is how I feel.

... what will not the heart endure ere it will voluntarily surrender the hoarded treasure of its love to the cold dictates of reason or the stern voice of duty!

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.

Beyond all the fires of love through which one passes there is the star of Duty, and happy the individual who can live in its serenity.

Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.

I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

In the soldier we see the love of country. When you are willing to go onto a battlefield and give your life to defend an ideal ... knowing that you may not live through day.

The soldier is willing to give their life, perhaps for someone they never even met in their country. That's a very high love.

Love is a better master than duty.

I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served, and for which I believe I have sacrificed my life.

Now that I've reached the ripe old age of retirement, I feel it my duty to teach you everything I've learnt about love, so listen closely. Love is like… That's as far as I've gotten I'm afraid.

Habrá mucho dolor para todos nosotros; pero no todo será dolor, ni este dolor será el último. Nosotros y usted también, usted más que nadie, mi querido amigo, tendremos que pasar a través del agua amarga antes de llegar a la dulce. Pero debemos ser valientes y desinteresados, y cumplir con nuestro deber; todo saldrá bien.

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Please, Kendra said. Think of all the lives that will be destroyed. I have, Mark said. Believe me, darling, I grasp all aspects of this, I really do. But how much has the public I'm protecting worried about me? My sanity, my happiness, my right to find peace? They made no promises, Bracken said. They are not preventing the end of the world. Those who know about your sacrifice appreciate you immeasurably. Your life may not be fair, but it is absolutely necessary.