Duty Quotes

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.

When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.

We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they're experiencing various symptoms and they're still in the active duty, they're less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge.

Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order.

Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

We went to church every Sunday. I do think it's my duty to give back. That's why I'm involved with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.

Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.