Quotes About Duty

The life of an honest man must be a perpetual infidelity.

If a physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state.

The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.

Loyalty is a good for the loyal man; but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails.

Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.

Sir, I have quarrelled with my wife; and a man who has quarrelled with his wife is absolved from all duty to his country.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in god's hands. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but does only and wholly what he must do.

Two things strike me dumb: the infinite starry heavens, and the sense of right and wrong in man.

No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

This Medal of Honor does not belong to me. This medal belongs to every man and woman who has ever served their country. We were doing what we were trained to do. We were doing our job.

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.

The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.