Quotes by duty
Quotes 61 till 75 of 235.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
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Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
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He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
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Here 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.
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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty,
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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.
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I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment: if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.
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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.
Source: The Temple of Death -
I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.
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