Best Duty Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.”

Children Play Mother Values Asks Nations Roles Building Duty Integrity Drama Equal Commitment India Constitution Complexes Loyalty Nation Building

Author:Pranab Mukherjee

“I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed.”

Thinking Country United Party Duty Citizens Corruption Russia Destroyed Our Country Thieves Patriot Crooks

Author:Alexei Navalny

“My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.”

Thinking Want Challenges Events Duty Happenings Topics Status Quo Timely

Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

“This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer.”

Ifs Health Duty Oneself Observing

Book:1914-1923. Tr. by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt

Source: 1914-1923. Tr. by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt

“I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come on behalf of any exclusive religion. I have not come on a mission of publicity for a sect or creed or cause, nor have I come to collect followers for a doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into my fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this unitary faith, this spiritual principle, this path of Love, this virtue of Love, this duty of Love, this obligation of Love.”

“...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight' would be acceptable, cried Jabotinsky. 'The present Congress is duty bound to put the Jewish problem in Germany before the entire world...(We [Jews] must) destroy, destroy, destroy them, not only with the boycott, but politically, supporting all existing forces against them to isolate Germany from the civilized world...our enemy [Germany] must be destroyed.”

World Problem Would Be Fighting Energy Force Enemy Movement Duty Bounds Congress Jew Destroyed Germany Civilized Acceptable Cried Boycott

Author:Ze'ev Jabotinsky

“Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.”

Duty Critical Pretending Corny

Book:The Magus

Source: The Magus

“I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.”

Thinking Fate Risk Duty Walking Edges Missions

Author:Bai Ling

“There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel it's my duty to help younger artists.”

People Feels Helping Hands Artist Given Duty Helping Hand

Author:Hugo Pratt

“My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future.”

Ifs Want Should Country Sound Vision Economy Duty Independence Trade Our Country Transfers Integrated

Author:Ibrahim Rugova

“The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.”

Should Fighting Responsibility Duty Army Police Cartels

Author:Vicente Fox

“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.”

People Ifs Stills Feelings Results Duty Ill Various Active Medical Symptoms Discharge

Author:Bernie Sanders

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

Gone Democracy Rights Duty Democracies Have

Author:Fiona Shaw

“It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of the family and is the duty of the parents. The theory that the children of the Commonwealth are the charge of the Commonwealth is a pagan one, derived from heathen Sparta and Platoís heathen republic, and connected by regular, logical sequence with legalized prostitution and the dissolution of the conjugal tie.”

“The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.”

States Government Duty Reasonable

Author:John Lewis

“It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay.”

Matter Moving Term Justice Responsibility Week Duty Court Assuming Supreme Chiefs Senate Supreme Court Delay Chief Justice

Author:Jay Sekulow

“I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.”

Knows World Problem Artist Asks Know How Duty Politician Solve

Author:Marjane Satrapi

“The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.”

Helping Names Christ Poor Rich Duty Pope Rich And Poor Love Everyone Help The Poor

Book:Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope

Source: Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope

“The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.”

Democracy Duty Honor Privilege Great Things Jury Jury Duty

Author:Antonio Villaraigosa

“It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.”

Men Needs Millions Military Duty Quarters Defence Manpower National Service

Author:Eamon de Valera

“Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.”

Hard Suffering Order Generations Brother Duty Ideals Conviction Resistance Secure Future Generation

Author:Guy Verhofstadt

“After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.”

Source: The School of Life

“Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness is like a righteousness or like a worship, not done unless it be done all I can. For the heart must run forth without measure like a child, and kindness be wound around like a child's arms about the neck, not by measure, but as tightly and as long as they can be.”

Heart Children Long I Can Done Running Kindness Duty Arms Worship Wounds Necks Righteousness Contracts

Book:More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ...

Source: More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ...

“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.”

Should Stills Country Government Sound Responsibility Principles Duty Finance Providing Revenue Sounder

Author:Wilfrid Laurier

“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.”

Giving States Helping Shows America United United States Duty Needed Allies Loyal United States Of America Predictable Poland

Author:Adam Michnik

“Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.”

Care Practice Duty Standards Doctors Ethical

Author:Bob McDonnell

“The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.”

Certain Duty Citizens Governors Attending

Author:Bob McDonnell

“I 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.”

Needs Play Games Duty Video Call Of Duty

Author:Deron Williams

“Preachers are always pleasant company when they are off duty.”

Company Duty Pleasant Preacher

Book:Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume I: (1855-1873)

Source: Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume I: (1855-1873)

“It's my duty as a guardian to protect Cross Academy, day and night.”

Night Duty Protect Crosses Guardian Academy Day And Night

Author:Yuki

“Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.”

Duty Democratic Dissent Civics Civic Duty Disloyalty

Author:Shami Chakrabarti

“I will employ my strength for the welfare of the German people, protect the Constitution and laws of the German people, conscientiously discharge the duties imposed on me, and conduct my affairs of office impartially and with justice to everyone.”

People Law Justice Duty Protect Office Constitution Affair Welfare Discharge

Author:Adolf Hitler

“The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.”

Use Military Duty Picks Flying Outcomes One Word

Author:Chuck Yeager

“One solution might be to impose the duty on admissions officers to arbitrarily admit only half women and half men.”

Men Might Half Duty Solutions Officers Admission

Book:The Final Columns of Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I

Source: The Final Columns of Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I

“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.”

Artist Duty

Author:John Legend

“And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.”

Mind Might Night Lord Path Duty Temptation Vain Gang Assisting

Author:Robert Burns

“It's our duty to get them the things they need when they need it. And it's not happening.”

Needs Duty Happenings

Author:Charlie Melancon

“It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.”

Heart Joy Duty Tasks Communicate

Author:Kate DiCamillo

“To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.”

Community Responsibility Groups Duty Bounds

Book:The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate

Source: The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate

“If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.”

People Ifs Whole Hands Liberty Duty Institutions Preservation

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is.”

Hate House Duty Civics Civic Duty

Author:Ty Burr

“In an age of unscrupulous and shameless book-making, it is a duty to give notice of the rubbish that cumbers the ground. There is no credit, no real power required for this task. It is the work of an intellectual scavenger, and far from being specially honorable.”

Giving Book Real Age Duty Intellectual Tasks Criticism Critics Credit Honorable Rubbish Shameless Real Power

Book:A Victorian spectator: uncollected writings of R.H. Hutton

Source: A Victorian spectator: uncollected writings of R.H. Hutton

“Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.”

Heart Duty Shadow Sanctuary Freeze Icy

Book:Beulah

Source: Beulah

“Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.”

Wells Pleasure Duty Taste Originals

Book:Studies in Physiology and Medicine

Source: Studies in Physiology and Medicine

“The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.”

Duty Gods Will March Surroundings

Author:William Henry O'Connell

“Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer.”

World Duty

Author:Pat Barker

“We cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track on the royal high road of respectability and duty, and then complain of those ways being so intricate and so dark. We stand bewildered before the mystery of our own making, and the riddles of life that we will not solve, and then accuse the great Sphinx of devouring us.”

Way Hands Dark Destiny Cutting Imagine Mystery Duty Track Solve Complaining Imagine That Royal Our Destiny Riddle Intricate Respectability Bewildered Devouring High Road Sphinx

Book:The Secret Doctrine

Source: The Secret Doctrine

“It's the duty of a lawyer to represent anyone for whom a responsible argument could be made.”

Made Duty Argument Responsible Lawyer

Author:Lloyd Cutler

“I believe that a country's first duty is to set its own house in order; and having set its own house in order, it can contribute better to the community of the world. Instead of being a weak link, it should be a strong link.”

World Should Firsts Believe Country Order House Strong I Believe Community Duty Weak Links Cooperation

Author:George Cadle Price

“I've buried six Guardian Angels who have been shot and killed in the line of duty. I was stalked myself, had a gunman go pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, five hollow point bullets, God save me. What do you think this is? This isn't Zimmerman. But unfortunately, he's become the face of Block Watch, Crime Watch.”

Thinking Has Beens Faces Lines Watches Five Crime Duty Six Shots Angel Block Buried Bullets Guardian Hollow Save Me Guardian Angel Pow Gunmen Zimmerman

Author:Curtis Sliwa

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