Quotes About Duty

When I walk into court, I'm not concerned about justice, the rule of law, or making sure it's a fair fight. Fuck fair. I'm there to protect my client. That's where my duty begins and ends. But

He was a man who looked at what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by a man's acts.

Have I been made for this, to lie under the blankets and keep myself warm?

You can commit injustice by doing nothing.

A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.

While Christians do have a general duty to be soft-hearted, forgiveness is dependent on repentance. To forgive in the absence of repentance is to validate sinful behaviour. And even when someone does genuinely repent, and forgiveness is appropriate, there should be no obligation to remain under their leadership – nor for them to remain in leadership.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. —G. K. CHESTERTON

Wraps that up then, right? Praise Allah and pass the high explosive.

Our duty is to serve the mission, and if we're not doing that, then we have no right to call what we do service.

We train for war and fight to win. I stand ready to bring the full spectrum of combat power to bear in order to achieve my mission and the goals established by my country. The execution of my duties will be swift and violent when required, yet guided by the very principles I serve to defend.

Honor, Courage, Commitment, the motto of the United States Navy,

American Sniper,

One of the weird things about being in a resistance movement was that it wasn't like you could hire janitors, so when it came to cleaning, there was a duty roster.

Finally, as Winston Churchill said, "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." No matter how we feel about the war, the administration, or the policy, we owe our soldiers a debt of gratitude.

Protecting America is not a job for the squeamish.

I'm just a girl in a nurse's uniform, but that doesn't mean I know how to save these men, and they- they are men in uniforms, but that doesn't mean they know how to die.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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.

Great knightly soul who came in time to serve his country's need.

Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet, and from it learn the all.

Aside from the privilege of actually being white, they had been denied the privilege of freely yielding to depression, of flaunting neurosis as a mark of social and psychic complexity. A privilege that was glorified in the literature of white female suffering and resistance. A privilege Good Negro Girls had been denied by our history of duty, obligation, and discipline

I can't go on saving the world if it means neglecting my duties as a cheerleader.