Quotes About Duty

I will give you a sheath worthy of your sword.

We can only be responsible for what we ourselves do.

How much of her life had she spent waiting? Waiting for a plant to sprout? Waiting for her father's judgment? Waiting for another letter to appear in the knothole from Kai? Waiting for years after Kai left to feel at peace with her decision? She fed the Reduced, she did her chores, she avoided her father and her sister, and she waited.She did the duties she'd been taught as a Luddite, and she lied with every breath.

To see the right thing to do and not to do it is cowardice.

I am a member of my Nation's Chosen Soldiery. I serve quietly, not seeking recognition or accolades. My goal is to succeed in my mission—and live to succeed again.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

In short, it is much easier to see a thing through from the point of view of abstract principle than from that of concrete responsibility.

The task is not to turn the world upside down but in a given place to do what, from the perspecive of reality, is necessary objectively and to really carry it out.

Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.

Bonhoeffer was firmly and rightly convinced that it is not only a Christian right but a Christian duty towards God to oppose tyranny, that is, a government which is no longer based on natural law and the law of God. For Bonhoeffer this followed from the fact that the Church as a living force in this world entirely depends on her this-sidedness.

It is essential for the Church to exercise it, for the sake of holiness, for the sake of the sinner and for its own sake. If the Church is to walk worthily of the gospel, part of its duty will be to maintain ecclesiastical discipline. Sanctification means driving out the world from the Church as well as separating the Church from the world.

It is precisely when a person, who is borne down by inner emptiness and weariness or a sense of personal unworthiness, feels that he would like to withdraw from his task, that he should learn what it means to have a duty to perform in the fellowship, and

to finally take up his bourgeois responsibility as a German, he went to the spot where God had placed him through birth and talents. He never considered rejecting his position in life.

But this distinction between person and office is wholly alien to the teaching of Jesus. He says nothing about that. He addresses his disciples as men who have left all to follow him, and the precept of non-violence applies equally to private life and official duty. He is the Lord of all life, and demands undivided allegiance.

Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

In humility, we find our true calling and our greatest honor.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

Love is not like choosing a partner for whist. It has a life of its own. our duty is merely to follow its call.

He promptly forgot all about being the hero of a coward's nightmare,

A man does the right thing, does his duty and does it bravely.

This look like college to you?" Malone asks. "You see coeds, Frisbees, man buns? You don't take notes, you don't write anything down. Only thing you ever write are your 5s. Notes you take on duty are discoverable. Some defense attorney shithead will deliberately misinterpret them and ram them up your ass on the stand.