Quotes:I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief
duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
View quotes by Helen KellerYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular
duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
View quotes by Marie CurieThe first
duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
View quotes by Abbie HoffmanI slept, and dreamed that life was beauty;
I woke, and found that life was
duty. (Beauty and
Duty)
View quotes by Ellen Sturgis HooperDo your
duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.
View quotes by Pierre CorneilleProperty has its
duties as well as its rights
View quotes by Thomas DrummondSir, I have quarrelled with my wife; and a man who has quarrelled with his wife is absolved from all
duty to his country.
View quotes by Thomas Love PeacockAs it will be the right of all, so it will be the
duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
View quotes by Josiah QuincyWhat time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his
duties.
View quotes by William Hepworth ThompsonThe strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into
duty.
View quotes by Jean Jacques RousseauDo your
duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
View quotes by Robert E LeeThe first
duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
View quotes by CiceroThe reward of one
duty is the power to fulfill another.
View quotes by George EliotHow can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your
duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheTo renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its
duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.
View quotes by Jean Jacques RousseauCertainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose
duties of compassion and humanity in their case. [A Theory of Justice]
View quotes by John RawlsWe are part of the community of Europe and we must do our
duty as such.
View quotes by Lord SalisburyCourage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of
duty acts; in a uniform manner.
View quotes by Joseph AddisonNo eulogy is due to him who simply does his
duty and nothing more.
View quotes by Saint AugustineGenius is a nuisance, and it is the
duty of schools and colleges to abate it by setting genius-traps in its way.
View quotes by Samuel ButlerDefending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of
duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
View quotes by Simone De BeauvoirA king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his
duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
View quotes by Marlene DietrichHere there is no hope, and consequently no
duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawDiscretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the
duties of life.
View quotes by Sir Walter ScottThe work of many of the greatest men, inspired by
duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
View quotes by Samuel SmilesThe preservation of health is a
duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
View quotes by Herbert SpencerI believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious
duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
View quotes by Thomas PaineHe that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this
duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
View quotes by Thomas PaineThe vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. A
duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
View quotes by Pope John Paul II[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my
duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
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