Quotes About Duty

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.

Each man is for his lord, do not give chase.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

To serve the Word is to fulfill the highest function of which man is capable.

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one likes is plebeian; the noble man aspires to order and law.'

Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.