Duty Quotes - Page 13

• Do well the duty that lies before you.

  Pittacus of Mytilene

  Lying, Wells

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• The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Pain, Men, Honor

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• Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.

  William Whewell

  Men, Desire, Action

  William Whewell (1845). “The Elements of Morality, Including Polity”, p.172

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• Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Men, Leaving, Mind

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.38

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• 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.

  William Rounseville Alger

  Happiness, Smile, Cheer

  William Rounseville Alger (1881). “The School of Life”

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• The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

  Simon Bolivar

  Government, People, Giving

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• Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion and worry about what we ought to do, and how to do it, as our unwillingness to hear what God would tell us on that very point.

  Henry Clay Trumbull

  Confusion, Worry, Want

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 197), 1895.

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• To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Mind Your Own Business, Whole

  Brigham Young (1867). “Journal of Discourses”, p.107

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• No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting.

  J. Frank Dobie

  Cowboy, Quitting, Hardest

  J. Frank Dobie, John D. Young (1998). “A Vaquero of the Brush Country: The Life and Times of John D. Young”, p.99, University of Texas Press

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• Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.

  Laozi

  Ties, People, Taoism

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• Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.

  Maximilien Robespierre

  Mean, Enemy, Deception

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• My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.

  Emma Bonino

  Mother, Father, School

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• More things to remember:
  7) The value of time;
  8) The pleasure of working;
  9) The obligation of duty;
  10) The power of kindness;
  11) The wisdom of economy;
  12) The virtue of patience.

  Marshall Field

  Patience, Kindness, Remember

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• Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference to the destruction of freedom itself. The tragic ordeal through which the Western world is passing was prepared in the long period of easy liberty during which men forgot the elementary truths of human existence. They forgot that their freedom was achieved by heroic sacrifice.

  Walter Lippmann

  Life, Clever, Sacrifice

  "The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy".

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• A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare stay at home. The command is so plain: “Go.”

  Lottie Moon

  Home, Men, May

  Lottie Moon, Keith Harper (2002). “Send the Light: Lottie Moon's Letters and Other Writings”, p.7, Mercer University Press

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• No age is wanting in able men; it is the duty of wise masters to find them out, win them over, and get work done by means of them, without listening to the calumnies of selfish men against them.

  Aurangzeb

  Wise, Selfish, Mean

  "Later Mughals : Volume II : 1719-1739". Book by William Irvine, "Ruqat-i-Alamgiri", 1922.

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• Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come.

  Wasif Ali Wasif

  Desire, Conflict, Remove

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• Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

  Patti Smith

  Artist, Thinking, Calling

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• I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

  Joe Frazier

  Dream, Helping Others, Vision

  Interview With Jim Clash, uk.askmen.com.

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• There is no moment without some duty.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Moments

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• Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

  John Dryden

  Needs, Impossible, Fame

  John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.256

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• Man cannot choose his duties.

  George Eliot

  Men

  George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.157

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• The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

  William Rounseville Alger

  Life, Desire, Lines

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• What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchange of smiles with Beauty and Joy to cling to irksome duties and relations?

  Helen Keller

  Joy, Use, Tire

  Helen Keller (2007). “My Religion”, p.175, Book Tree

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• Vision looks inward and becomes duty.

  Stephen Samuel Wise

  Vision, Inward, Looks

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