Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. Votes: 4
John D. RockefellerDuty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life. Votes: 3
Thomas MertonI can't get enough of 'Call of Duty.' I'm the oldest guy who plays on PlayStation. Votes: 3
Steve JonesDiscipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.' Votes: 3
Adrian RogersOnly aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Votes: 2
Thomas JeffersonTo send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. Votes: 2
Robert SchumannWe never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. Votes: 2
Robert Baden-PowellDo the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer Votes: 1
Thomas CarlyleOnly Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawThere is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroLife, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonHe who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity. Votes: 0
Johann Kaspar LavaterEvery duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. Votes: 0
Henry Edward ManningI have a duty to protect the executive branch from legislative encroachment. Votes: 0
George W. BushWork not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial. Votes: 0
Salvador BernalIn everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. Votes: 0
James Anthony FroudeEvery step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up. Votes: 0
George Bernard Shawduty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love. Votes: 0
Colleen McCulloughSelfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life. Votes: 0
Rebecca Lee CrumplerThe whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts. Votes: 0
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneAlloted duty means you should live full potentiality with which you are born. Votes: 0
Maharishi Mahesh YogiAvoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier. Votes: 0
John EisenhowerTo hallow'd duty Here with a loyal and heroic heart, Bind we our lives. Votes: 0
Frances Sargent OsgoodWho kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours. Votes: 0
Wallace Bruce Matthews CarruthersThe universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroNo frozen-hearted woman ever I laid eyes on but has made duty her religion. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacIt is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made. Votes: 0
M. Russell BallardIt is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God. Votes: 0
George WashingtonIs it the duty of every good revolutionary to kill every newborn White baby? Votes: 0
Jose Angel GutierrezThe word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory. Votes: 0
George MacDonaldone only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do ... Votes: 0
Margaret OliphantOur highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings. Votes: 0
Mata AmritanandamayiThe highest ethical duty is often to discard the outmoded ethics of the past. Votes: 0
Corliss LamontThe duty imposed on intellect by Life is not to suppress, but purify emotions. Votes: 0
Raheel FarooqA divine great spirit put awe-words on my mind; my sacred-duty is the writing. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaCertainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness. Votes: 0
Francis BaconSeek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. Votes: 0
Tryon EdwardsReading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Votes: 0
Aneurin BevanTo be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinIt is a duty not only to punish, but to prevent all manner of evil. Votes: 0
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of SwintonIt is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may. Votes: 0
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyIs duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy! Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeNo nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty. Votes: 0
George William NorrisNo nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty. Votes: 0
George W. NorrisFrom the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act. Votes: 0
Sandra SteingraberThe first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. Votes: 0
James Anthony FroudeMotown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots Votes: 0
Smokey RobinsonThe ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty. Votes: 0
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiCivilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThere is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultEvery duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. Votes: 0
Charles KingsleyThe first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltDying in the line of duty is heroic, but dying while unemployed is just stupid. Votes: 0
Tsugumi OhbaTo send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist. Votes: 0
Robert SchumannGod always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty. Votes: 0
Theodore L. CuylerIt is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation. Votes: 0
Francis AtterburyThe duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereMy duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry. Votes: 0
Roberto BenigniThe times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line. Votes: 0
Basil BuntingThank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy. Votes: 0
Horatio NelsonRemain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom. Votes: 0
Charles ColsonMan is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiGod gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple. Votes: 0
Jean-Claude Van DammeHoliness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me. Votes: 0
Mother TeresaThere is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillThe root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
John Maynard KeynesI have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Alexander HamiltonWhilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.
Francois de La RochefoucauldI'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.
Stephanie Tubbs JonesTrue generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.
Oliver GoldsmithNot once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.
Alfred Lord TennysonOfficers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.
George S. PattonOur duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic AmielAccording to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege.
Swami VivekanandaDo not disturb the faith of any. . . Our duty is not to disturb the faith of others.
Swami VivekanandaI only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler
Wilhelm CanarisIt is our duty to love the unloved, help the helpless, and bring hope to the hopeless
Anthony DouglasIdleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHe who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.
Mahatma GandhiMeans to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
Mahatma GandhiIf you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
Mata AmritanandamayiScientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.
Henry A. WallaceEvery one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.
Mazo de la RocheIt's my duty to sell the ideas. But there's always a question when it comes to beauty.
Peter SchjeldahlThe duty of the words is to say just as much as the music has left unsaid and no more.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.
Richard WagnerI did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
Robert E. LeeIt is the duty of every person to contribute in the development and progress of India.
Swami VivekanandaA soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.
Albert KesselringIsn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?
Dag HammarskjoldWhen freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace.
Mahatma GandhiGratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
Pierre CharronDuty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.
Robert A. HeinleinBesides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty.
Christian Nestell BoveeI hold it to be the moral duty of women to make themselves beautiful in all lawful ways.
Eliza Lynn LintonEverything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there.
Giovanni GiocondoPrayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.
Hannah HurnardEvery hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others ...
Marguerite YourcenarI don't think performance out of duty yields very much. Coercion is never the way to go.
Michael HerschWe must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.
Thomas JeffersonThe cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.
Umberto EcoIt is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available.
Vance HavnerIt's our duty to get them the things they need when they need it. And it's not happening.
Charlie MelanconKeep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonBravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble.
John R. EricksonThis then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
Maria MontessoriYou will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTo exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
Steig LarssonThe worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
Edith Wharton[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.
Edward GibbonGetting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world⦠Focus on your main duty
EpictetusMore things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.
Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-LiancourtIf I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.
George Q. CannonThough Duty's face is stern, her path is best: They sweetly sleep who die upon her breast.
Henry AbbeyAfter all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel
Joseph Smith, Jr.For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.
Mervyn PeakeThe highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
Seneca the YoungerThere are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.
Sophie SwetchineTo pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty.
Alexander MacLarenPart of a soldier's duty is to fill gaps...one must be willing to be nothing, as something.
Amy CarmichaelThe making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.
Arthur SymonsDuty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial.
Benjamin FranklinThe whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'
James PattersonIt is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.
Jean de la BruyereWhen she was rested. she'd find a way to escape. It was the duty of the captive, wasn't it?
Julie GarwoodIf it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.
Mahatma GandhiYajna is duty to be performed, or service to be rendered, all twenty-four hours of the day.
Mahatma GandhiTrue happiness must arise from well-regulated affections, and an affection includes a duty.
Mary WollstonecraftWe need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
Pearl S. BuckGrowing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
Warren G. BennisTo promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
Abdu'l-BaháTo encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
George WashingtonFor, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.
George WhitefieldIt's the duty of a lawyer to represent anyone for whom a responsible argument could be made.
Lloyd CutlerIt is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
MaimonidesIt is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.
Nathan HaleDuty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine.
Sathya Sai BabaIn the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty .
Umberto EcoThe art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William CowperThe first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.
Winston ChurchillI feel like God gave me an amazing ability, and it's my duty to show people what I'm made of.
Antonio TarverI feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.
David McCallumThe dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIf you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it.
John SwartzwelderThe foundation of a man's duty as a man is in truth. Beyond this there is nothing to be said.
Torii MototadaThere is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.
William Rounseville AlgerIt is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task.
Yitzhak RabinIt is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.
Bill VaughanThe paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
James ThurberHe who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
Khalil GibranIt was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.
Marcus Tullius CiceroBecause it's our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night.
Richelle MeadIt is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorize the enemies of God.
Osama bin LadenHealth is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin.
Eugen SandowTo me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
Gerald R. FordThe first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.
Herbert Bayard SwopeDuty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good.
John FowlesReason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.
StanisÅaw I LeszczyÅskiHow often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
Teresa of AvilaI was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop - and there wasn't a duty-free shop.
Andy GrayMy whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.
Bertrand RussellWe owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.
George MasonI have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
J. G. HollandMy only duty was to describe reality as it had come to me-to give the mundane its beautiful due.
John UpdikeOnly when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair.
Soren KierkegaardAs we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS.
Steven MoffatA Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.
Charles InglisTo provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
Ernst Otto FischerIt is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.
Kate DiCamilloWhen you kneel in prayer, don't give God orders, just report to your Commander in Chief for duty.
Michael CattSubversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous ... this is how I see my duty as a designer.
Philippe StarckThe best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do.
Walter BagehotIt is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.
Woodrow WilsonTo be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.
Brander MatthewsNo man ever flees from duty without incalculable hurt, not only to himself, but to others as well.
Clovis ChappellThere may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.
Edward Alsworth RossYou're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.
Jean GiraudouxFaith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
John Henry NewmanThe act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.
Mo YanThe information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.
Mohammed Saeed al-SahafWhen you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.
Philip Seymour HoffmanAs a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.
W. H. AudenThe roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
Woodrow WilsonVirtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Benjamin FranklinDesires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty.
Dietrich BonhoefferReading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.
Elizabeth Von ArnimOne man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
Joseph JoubertNot only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.
Joseph PilatesThe still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.
Mahatma GandhiCuriosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity.
Friedrich NietzscheYou don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.
James Alan GardnerAlways resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?
Jane AustenMan is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.
Jose MartiIf you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.
Thomas JeffersonIt is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Thomas PaineWe till shadowed days are done, We must weep and sing Duty's conscious wrong, The Devil in the clock
W. H. AudenI actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need. Votes: 5 Deron Williams
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. Votes: 6 Norman Douglas
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds Votes: 2 Joshua Chamberlain
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. Votes: 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger
It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward. Votes: 1 Bill Frist
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish. Votes: 2 Thomas Szasz
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity that ever were written. Votes: 2 Thomas Jefferson
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. Votes: 4 Norm Crosby
About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires. Votes: 2 Bill Dedman
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. Votes: 2 George Washington
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country. Votes: 1 Nick Clooney
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty. Votes: 3 George William Norris
I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard. Votes: 3 Donatella Versace
An ideal marriage is a true partnership between two imperfect people, each striving to complement the other, to keep the commandments, and to do the will of the Lord [Our Sacred Duty to Honor Woman, Ensign, May 1999). Votes: 3 Russel M. Nelson
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. Votes: 5 Bertrand Russell