Quotes About Duty

It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

We are not here to laugh.

I have tremendous respect for law enforcement.

As lawmakers, we have a duty to protect the people we represent.

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

Anything's possible in 'Line of Duty.'

When you're asked by the president to serve, it's awfully hard to say no, and I'm loyal.

We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature.

We have to maintain the Krishnasthali.

To manage your country, there's no bigger job.

Just working on a character and his mannerisms, but not looking the part, is not my thing. It is your duty as an actor to be honest to the character.

If Europe does not advance, it will fall or even be wiped out from the world map... My duty is to bring Europe out of its lethargy.

I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.

Well, my father was a marine so you know how that is.

Get that son of a bitch to jail," he said through his teeth, "before I kill him!" His eyes were testimony enough to the intent of the statement. He'd forgotten law, duty, honor, everything, in the grip of the worst fear he'd ever felt. If she died, he would be lawless. Nothing would matter to him in the world, ever again, except revenge.

Under fire, you're always afraid. But you harness the fear and use it, attack when you'd rather run. You learn the meaning of courage. It isn't the absence of fear. It's fear management, at its best. You do your duty.

We did it because it was the right thing to do.

I only did my duty—if you can save somebody's life, it's your duty to try.

Patriotism is the primary moral armor of our ground combatants.