Quotes About Duty

Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.

It's a hard world, neighbors, if a man's oath must be his master.

American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight for one another.

The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.

Our sons and daughters must be trained in national service, taught to give as well as to receive.

Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?

My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.

I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so.

I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.

Actions that exemplify the limitations of a singular devotion to the profit motive, also draw a troublesome distinction between what is legal and what is moral.

Some people sleep until morning. Others know they have to bring the morning.

Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close.

I will wake up every morning with the protection of the American people my first thought.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Venus de Milo's mother, who once said to Venus, You never call me. Can't you pick up a phone? Never got a dinner!

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.

When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage.

A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.