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Quotes About Duty

Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends. Discerning the two is a life's work.
~ David Petersen
The vet, a fiercely caring professional, told them the horse was dying. Knowing her duty, she said: "I want to euthanize it.
~ David Quammen
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.
~ David Schwimmer
With no mum or brothers or sisters, Alfie had to care for his father alone. Besides having to go to school and do his homework, the boy would do all the shopping, all the cleaning, cook all the meals, and do all the washing up. Alfie never complained though. He loved his dad with all his heart.
~ David Walliams
Fail not in this charge at your peril.
~ David Weber
It is a soldier's right to complain, his only defense against orders not to his liking.
~ Davis Bunn, Janette Oke
Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.
~ Davis Bunn, Janette Oke
Uneasy lies the head that wears a Knighthood
~ Dean Cavanagh
We can't hire gentlemen to serve as policemen," Williams acknowledged, "for $1.25 a day.
~ Dean Jobb
We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness.
~ Dean Koontz
Present-day civilization is suffering from a lack of moral courage. So many people are in the inglorious business of keeping
~ Dean Merrill
He grinned. "You realise I'm reporting for duty on the second of January?" "Good. Then the last memory you'll have of me is wearing a party frock and knocking back cocktails while I kick old 1914 right in the teeth. Let's send it off in style. (Delilah and Johnny)
~ Deanna Raybourn
Sometimes maybe you should let someone you love travel great distances away from you. You shouldn't think you needed to set out to retrieve them and put them back where they belonged. Sometimes they were only safe and happy, like Annabelle Aurora. And then other times, it was just possible they were lost at sea. It would be your duty, then, to get out into the boat and search, even if the waves were choppy and the wind was howling the protests of the dead.
~ Deb Caletti
A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that.
~ Ogwo David Emenike
It is nobody's responsibility but yours to discover your assignment and to execute that very assignment.
~ D.S. Mashego
The wider our conscience, the wider the impact of our actions, and I do believe someone with more light has the moral duty to enlighten others.
~ Robin Sacredfire
If that king was unsuitable in his service and duty...then his place will never be vacant and a foot soldier will lead the way though he remains nameless
~ Prakhar Singh
Our higher duty is to fear God.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The duty of a Christian is to obey Jesus Christ.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Of all the evil man can do, the greatest is doing nothing.
~ Jury Nel
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Attachment with god keeps you decoupled with worldly things around you. Do your duty but leave the result to super power so that you can relieve yourself from pain and attain peace.
~ Haritha Velpureddy
I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us. - Oromis
~ Christopher Paolini, Brisingr
The greatest duty of life is to find the ultimate purpose of life. The second greatest duty is to put a laser focus on it and take action.
~ Debasish Mridha