Quotes About Duty

there is a distinctive emphasis by Jesus on loving your neighbor, your "near dweller," not upon loving "humanity" or "everyone."19 What this means is that our duty and our virtue is to love those with whom we are in effectual contact—those we can really do something about.

What is the point of standing up for rights in a world where few stand up for their responsibilities? Your rights will do you little good unless others are responsible

Dogma is what you have to believe, whether you believe it or not. And law is what you must do, whether it is good for you or not. What

The price of greatness...is responsibility - Winston Churchill

And as we do, may we never forget the wisdom of Churchill, who warned us: 'The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

Churchill: "El precio de la grandeza…es la responsabilidad".

Churchill, who warned us: 'The price of greatness…is responsibility.

When Carlo turned sixteen, he was obliged by Italian law to serve two years of reserve military training. The bishop told Carlo that if he entered seminary he would be exempt from this duty. Carlo told the priest that he planned to enter seminary but that first he needed to understand evil.

Employees, too, could sign on for a year's tour of duty, at a certain department, branch, or product line. Having the option to extend their stay or to apply for a lateral move into another assignment would give most employees a much appreciated sense of autonomy. Tours of duty could also be mandatory.

That's all! Now either leave us alone or join us as a father rather than a receiver of sacrifices. You have the choice of Abraham!

He joined with his peers in sneering at the New Bushido as a code for faggots, but an ancient vein of honor in the young Kassad's soul secretly resonated to the thought of a samurai class whose life and work revolved around duty, self-respect, and the ultimate value of one's word.

life and work revolved around duty, self-respect, and the ultimate value of one's word.

Ah, well, thought Charlie, ours is not to wonder why, ours is but to do and die.

Responsibility educates.

You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Leadership is a responsibility to do more, not an excuse to do less.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.

One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats and achievements in loyalty…Everyone knows that if a man doesn't hold filial piety toward his own parents he would also neglect his duties toward his lord. Such a neglect means a disloyalty toward humanity. Therefore such a man doesn't deserve to be called 'Samurai'.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.

This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for.