Quotes About Duty

Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences

Thanksgiving is Americas national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.

Capriciu În fiecare sear? strâng de prin vecini toate scaunele disponibile ?i le citesc versuri. Scaunele sunt foarte receptive la poezie, dac? ?tii cum s? le a?ezi. De aceea eu m? emo?ionez, ?i timp de câteva ore le povestesc ce frumos a murit sufletul meu peste zi. Întâlnirile noastre sunt de obicei sobre, f?r? entuziasme de prisos. În orice caz, înseamn? c? fiecare ne-am f?cut datoria, ?i putem merge mai departe.

There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all."[77]

Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

He did not understand, he admitted to himself, how these elections worked. They seemed such a waste of effort to attain a dubious outcome. Better to know what is best for the people and give it to them by force, if necessary, until they are re-educated about their duties to the State.

Time comes in every good officer's life when he has to stalk the hallowed halls of the five-sided circus,

The act of killing is not a good thing. God did not put us on this earth to kill each other," he said slowly as he searched for the words. "But sometimes it has to be done.

There are those who build, those who teach or heal, those who research how to do things better. But I am a soldier. A soldier protects people. A soldier enforces laws. A soldier stands guard over what he believes in, sometimes alone when his only fuel is from his faith in himself. He trusts his judgment that his fellow soldier, his leader, his country and his country's cause is just and fair and deserving of his faith.

I just accept whatever mission you give me, salute, and go do it. That's what I signed up for. I remember that JFK said to bear any burden, pay any price to assure liberty.

I'm not a ranger, I'm a pilot.

Why do I always have to be the hero?

The church has not been given authority to make commandments; it is the duty of the church to obey the commandments already made. It is not the prerogative nor the privilege of any church to modify, minimize or in any way obscure . . . any commandment, of Jesus Christ.8

Scott, you're telling me to pad my hours. Isn't that cheating?" "Every place except a law firm.

Mark Gimenez

The letter to the church at Ephesus reminds us how easily the church's early days of passionate love for Christ can grow cold as the years go by. But Christ never meant for our duty to Him, even faithful duty, to replace our love for Him. The church's "first love" for Jesus Christ has to be continually nurtured, and serve as the genuine motivation for service to our Lord.

You know, that man has a spirit, that each man and woman is unique, that we have duty to promote our unalienable rights and to protect them, that we have a duty to our families and ourselves, to take care of ourselves, to contribute to charity, that we have a duty to support a just and righteous law that is stable and predictable.

The coming together of two laudable movements -- death with dignity and cost containment -- concerns me Patients have a right to die. But do they have a duty to die

I suspect that on some level, life is a matter of indefensible loyalties.

It would be surprising if you didn't hate me for what I've had to do today. A part of me hates myself. But I have orders. Winter is coming. My country is under siege. Without this food, my people will starve. So here in Italy, and in your eyes, I'm a criminal. Back home, I'll be an unsung hero. Good. Evil. It's all a question of perspective, is it not?

What do we do, Father?" "We have faith, Pino. We have faith and continue to do what is right.

Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.