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Quotes About Duty

The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.
~ Ted Koppel
No one, however long they have held the post, lightly gives up the great office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Certainly I did not.
~ Nigel Lawson
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.
~ Simone Weil
I'm the elected sheriff, and I'm going to keep doing what the Constitution says I can do.
~ Joe Arpaio
It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty.
~ Blake Farenthold
Consult duty not events.
~ Walter Savage Landor
We are confident that just like the American people can, the Senate can also multitask and they can do their constitutional duty while continuing to conduct the business of the American people.
~ Jen Psaki
I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.
~ Mary Tyler Moore
It is a duty of everyone to cooperate and help each other.
~ Bhumibol Adulyadej
I've never played anybody like a cop before.
~ Leelee Sobieski
I'm a cop at heart - it's in my blood.
~ David A. Clarke, Jr.
My father was a cop.
~ Rahul Dev
I would not want to be a cop.
~ Goran Dragic
When you play a cop, it's a different feeling altogether.
~ Sonu Sood
I've played a lot of cops. In fact, my father was a cop.
~ Erik King
Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.
~ James F. Amos
My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.
~ John Burns
I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.
~ Estelle
When I put on my Marine cover, I'm a Marine, and I act accordingly.
~ Rob Riggle
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
~ Confucius
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
~ Bono
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
~ Nadine Gordimer
Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.
~ Martti Ahtisaari
No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!
~ Michael Gerber