Quotes About Duty

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

The world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, And if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.

To be loved is a Success. To love is a Duty. To be with someone you love is an Achievement. To be with someone who loves you is LIFE.

A soldier doesn't fight because he hates the enemy in front of him, he fights because he loves what he left behind.

Religion finds the love of happiness and the principles of duty separated in us; and its mission...its masterpiece is, to reunite them.

As dwarves, we are committed to wiping out evil wherever it occurs and we shall not tire in our duty.

Soldiers are fools not paid enough to be fools.

Dante caught the look in Pitt's eyes. "Don't say it." "Not a word. Not about the helmsman or the guns you left behind." "She's still a woman, dammit," Dante hissed. "It doesn't seem to bother her. Why does it bother you?

For centuries, the image of the loving woman has been associated with sacrifice and the denial of one's own needs to take care of others. Because women are socialized to view the caretaking of others as their highest duty, they often learn to ignore their own needs.

In a world where we're often judged harshly for identifying and revealing our needs, doing so can be very frightening. Women, in particular, are susceptible to criticism. For centuries, the image of the loving woman has been associated with sacrifice and the denial of one's own needs to take care of others. Because women are socialized to view the caretaking of others as their highest duty, they often learn to ignore their own needs.

When we use language which denies choice (for example, words such as should, have to, ought, must, can't, supposed to, etc.), our behaviors arise out of a vague sense of guilt, duty, or obligation.

children have two basic biblical responsibilities: (1) to obey their parents, and (2) to honor their parents.

Surprisingly, even twenty-first-century society relies rather heavily on the honor system, and when we encounter an individual who simply is not bound by honor, conscience, or connection, we may find ourselves in big trouble.

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty. —ELIE WIESEL

If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules.

Jade turned to Malachite, incredulous. "We're going to help them fight off a Fell flight." Malachite didn't take her gaze off the sky. "I am." A growl rose in Jade's throat. She shouldn't have been surprised. The bloodline resemblance between Moon and Malachite was particularly strong, though Moon couldn't see it. And you have five of them back home in the nurseries, she reminded herself.

SecUnits are never allowed to sit down or use human furniture whether on or off duty, so I sat in one of the chairs and put my feet up on the table. Then I took my feet off the table because it wasn't comfortable.

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow shall keep an angel from her appointed assignment.

A hero sometimes faces danger," I said. "Like a dragon-slayer or a nurse in a jungle hospital. But don't you think a hero might also be a person who does what no one else wants to do?

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

Oh, if a man were so to regard himself and his position, and attended to its duties alone, how rich in good works would he be in a short time, so quietly and secretly that no one would notice it except God alone!

A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.

If I were emperor, king, or prince in a campaign against the Turk, I would exhort my bishops and priests to stay at home and mind the duties of their office, praying, fasting, saying mass, preaching, and caring for the poor, as not only Holy Scripture, but their own canon law teaches and requires.

You are commanded to get angry, not on your own behalf, but on behalf of your office and of God; you must not confuse the two, your person and your office.