Quotes About Duty

Man has responsibility, not power.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well.

It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well.

Hürriyete ve mes'uliyete inanan bir adam?n asla filozof olam?yaca??n? Ferit ilk defa o anda dü?ündü.

The soldier talks, guardedly, as some soldiers do,

The war was still being fought, but this desire to go back did not spring from any patriotic ideas about duty, honor, and sacrifice, the myths with which old men send young men off to get killed or maimed.

Julian was introduced to the commandante of the Juarez Police. He immediately liked the way Julian looked and was pleased to hear he knew about the handling of guns from his time in the army. He was sworn in right away, given a uniform and a gun, and told to report for duty the next morning.

The ideal of the military hero is clearly echoed in other contexts, and it includes those who routinely risk their health and lives in the line of duty, such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics.

Um bom polícia continua a ser um bom polícia, mesmo que seja um sacana nazi.

That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.' They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious.

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.

Nietzsche held that the strong had a duty towards the less fortunate: 'The man of virtue, too, helps the unfortunate, but not, or almost not, out of pity, but prompted by an urge which is begotten by the excess of power'.

A Christian's duty, Lewis believed, is not simply to tolerate "X" but to make life with "X" an occasion to work on one's own character flaws.

To be a hero is honourable; not to be one is not necessarily dishonourable.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.

When obedience is so impious, Revolt is a necessity.

Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to the gods.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.