Quotes About Duty

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Test an employee while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect

The mark of a strong character lies not in doing what is fun to do or what is easy to do. The sign of deep moral authority appears in the individual who consistently does what they ought to be doing rather than what they feels like doing...

A real man follows the three P's: pray, provide, and protect.

A man provides and he does it even when he's not appreciated, or respected, or even loved because he's a man.

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.

Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die.

He'd been born into duty. As a demigod descendant, a death reaper, his first commitment was to serve the god of the underworld. Hades, as a conduit to usher evil souls to hell.

Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed

When I die and go to heaven, to St. Peter, I will tell: "one more soldier reporting for duty, sir. I've served my time in hell.

Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty.

Beauty of office, is profession in place

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

Live so that thou mayest desire to live again - that is thy duty - for in any case thou wilt live again!

The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice

I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen, " he says in response.

Since the beginning, the Fates determined which souls would be born, what kinds of lives they would live, and for how many days. They did this out of duty, out of destiny, and without emotion.