Duty Quotes

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.

If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the only thing to prevent them failing in their duty is the fear that they would be put behind bars.

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

Duty is not collective; it is personal.

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

I got to do something I never do, which is go to Starbucks and read 'The New York Times' until 7 a.m. I took my daughter to school on the East Side, which was a lot of fun. And I admit I played Call of Duty, one of those war video games.

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.

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.

When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer.

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.