Quotes About Duty

And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

Every extension of the functions and power of the State beyond its primary duty of maintaining peace and justice should be scrutinized with jealous vigilance.

If you believe in peace it is possible. If it is possible it is a duty.

Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent... It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.

The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered little 'why'.

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

Do not cry that it is our duty to serve you. We do not recognize such duty. Do not cry that you need us. We do not consider need a claim. Do not cry that you own us. You don't.

Friendship is not an obligation or duty. It is a sweet responsibility.

A poet has a sacred duty. He has to hear unsung songs and see unseen beauty.

There is no greater duty in this world than to serve others with deep compassion and love.

Do what is right not what is convenient.

When we are kind to animals, they become loving and kind to us. It is our sacred duty to love the creator and the creations.