Quotes About Duty

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

A young man's duty is to behave well to his parents at home and to his elders abroad.

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.

We are nothing but the oath we give.

I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man's talents than the upbringing of his son.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. —GEORGE ORWELL

We only have one chance, even if the entire world rests on us.

Do you gamble, Captain MacNeill?" "Never, sir." "No?" the marquis looked surprised. "Thought you soldiers were all inveterate gamblers." "Only with our lives, sir. Never had anything else I could afford to lose.

As a gentleman- assuming you still have some pretensions in that direction- of honor- again, perhaps presumptuous, but still supposing your passing acquaintance with the concept- it is your duty- I won't even trouble to speculate here, but remain naively hopeful- to protect those under your care.

Su misión en la tierra ya no era vivir, sino organizar el mundo de los difuntos. Eugenia de Montijo

The little ADA had better do her job and keep him there.

People had no more choice than animals about the burdens they carried.

Glad to see you, Pettigrew. Are you defending the bigamy to-morrow?" "Alas! I am neither prosecuting nor defending. In fact, I am here on false pretences. For the time being, I am the lowest thing in the scale of human creation." The Clerk's bushy eyebrows met in a frown. "You're not going to tell me you've been summoned on a jury?" he said incredulously.

They left their comfortable homes... and fought..., and, because this was bread in their bone, they wanted no fuss.

It is not only great occasions which call for strength beyond our own; ordinary people who go about their daily duties feel the need of God's strength to help them, and God's shield to protect them from harm. The chief cause of unhappiness in modern times is fear, said Mr. Orme; fear of illness, fear of the future, fear of death; but the heart that trusts in the Lord fears nothing.

for these men have given their bodies to be trained to fight. They are going to fight for freedom and justice; they are going to fight for their country; they are going to fight for me. Yes, it comes to that. They are going to fight—and perhaps die—for me and mine, and I can do nothing to show my gratitude. I cannot do anything at all for them.

I reply, with all the firmness at my command, that I have certain duties to perform. They may not be spectacular, but they are my small contribution to our war effort . . . and Betty must be educated. . . . Guthrie says, "Why must she be educated? I hate well-educated women, they are always boring.

You want to know why we're the ones responsible?" Gunny asked. I looked up into a pair of wise eyes that had seen far more than mine. "Because there's nobody else," he said.

The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk your post.

We are vested with significant authorities, and it is our obligation as public servants to ensure that these authorities are exercised with objectivity and integrity. Anything less falls short of the FBI's duty to the American people.