Quotes About Duty

You see," he went on, "some people live all their lives without knowing which path is right. They're buffeted by this wind or that and never really know where they're going. That's largely the fate of the commoners—those who have no choice over their destiny. For those of us born as samurai, life is something else. We know the path of duty and we follow it without question.

You can't be a part-time man of principle.

Do we honor them for the extras? No, a thousand times no. We [honor them] because God gave us the charge to honor all.

I need to get back to the office. Those windows won't stare out themselves all afternoon.

I need to get back to the office. Those windows won't stare out themselves all afternoon.

By doing nothing, you did everything. By taking no responsibility, you bear all responsibility.

Best if the driver didn't have to get hurt. Though having been fool enough to volunteer for army service, of course, and worse still, having been fool enough to accept orders unquestioningly from a machine... But everybody did that. Everybody, all the time. Otherwise none of this would have been possible. Similarly, none of it would have had to happen.

When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

In a tangle of duties a man must seize the solitary clear one... Buchan, John. Salute to Adventurers (p. 172). Kindle Edition.

What's dooty, if you won't carry it to the other side of Hell? What's the use of yapping about your country if you're going to keep something back when she calls for it? What's the good of meaning to win the war if you don't put every cent you've got on your stake?... No, Dick, that kind of dooty don't deserve a blessing. You dursn't keep anything back if you want to save your soul.

But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club? It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.

It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.

Bun.  That practice of theirs, I abhor, said I; yet it doth not follow that, because they did so, therefore all others will do so.  I look upon it as my duty to behave myself under the King's government, both as becomes a man and a Christian, and if an occasion were offered me, I should willingly manifest my loyalty to my Prince, both by word and deed.

The price of greatness is responsibility." That

Y tercero, usted nunca será lo que debe ser hasta que haga lo que debe hacer.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said, "I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." The

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.

Even a prison the size of a universe is still a prison. And it is every prisoner's duty to escape.

I do what I have to do, like everyone else, and one of the things I have to do is to serve my wife breakfast in bed.

My wife and I are terribly unhappy together, but we have three beautiful children, and we try to keep things going. I do what I have to do, like everyone else, and one of the things I have to do is to serve my wife breakfast in bed. I try to fix her a nice breakfast, because this sometimes improves her disposition, which is generally terrible.

We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.