Duty Quotes - Page 21

• The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

  Thomas Francis Meagher

  Sacrifice, Guilt, Treason

  Thomas Francis Meagher (1885). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”

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• He needs to be corrected, if you don't mind me saying so. He needs a good talking-to, and perhaps a bit more. My own girls, sir, didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of my matches and tried to burn it down. I corrected them. I corrected them most harshly. And when my wife tried to stop me from doing my duty, I corrected her.

  Stephen King

  Girl, Talking, Wife

  Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.443, Anchor

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• Recent surveys of Church members have shown a serious erosion in the number of families who have a year's supply of life's necessities. Most members plan to do it. Too few have begun... It is our sacred duty to care for our families, including our extended families.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Religious, Erosion, Years

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• Whatsoever you can be you are. There is no goal. And we are not going anywhere. We are simply celebrating here. Existence is not a journey, it is a celebration. Think of it as a celebration, as a delight, as a joy! Don't turn it into a suffering, don't turn it into a duty, a work. Let it be play.

  Rajneesh

  Journey, Thinking, Play

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• Let us never forget the duty, which we have taken upon us

  Adolf Hitler

  Military, Taken, Never Forget

  Adolf Hitler (1942). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939”

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• Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the duties which he neglects, or the crimes that he commits, but for that negligence and irregularity which he may encourage or inculcate. Every man, in whatever station, has, or endeavours to have his followers, admirers, and imitators, and has therefore the influence of his example to watch with care.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Example, Watches

  Samuel Johnson (2003). “Selected Essays”, p.237, Penguin UK

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• I ask citizens and governments everywhere to do their part by conserving energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels for the good of the world community. This is our duty to those who share this world with us and to those who follow us: Wherever we see a threat to our environment we must take action

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Government, Community, Energy

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• The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.

  Henry James Sumner Maine

  Religious, Divine, Penalties

  Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.14, Beard Books

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• Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism, which was anathema to the frugal and righteous (John Quincy) Adams, the source of enormous fortunes divorced from duty, the instrument of unscrupulous ambition and rapacious materialism. Presently, it came to scar the very of the country which Adams loved, a disfiguring process uninterrupted since his day.

  Russell Kirk

  Country, Ambition, Mind

  Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.237, Regnery Publishing

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• I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Development, Proud

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• We must remember our duty to Nature before it is too late. That duty is constant. It is never completed. It lives on as we breathe. It endures as we eat and sleep, work and rest, as we are born and as we pass away. The duty to Nature will remain long after our own endeavors have brought peace to the Middle East. It will weigh on our shoulders for as long as we wish to dwell on a living and thriving planet, and hand it on to our children and theirs.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Children, Sleep, Hands

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• In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

  Jean Toomer

  Art, Get Well, Sick World

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• When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.

  Gordon Gee

  Fabric, Weavers, Produce

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• Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Practice, Trying, Violence

  Mahatma Gandhi (2000). “The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• The Bible must be the invention either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. However, it was not written by good men, because good men would not tell lies by saying 'Thus saith the Lord;' it was not written by bad men because they would not write about doing good duty, while condemning sin, and themselves to hell; thus, it must be written by divine inspiration

  Charles Wesley

  Lying, Inspiration, Angel

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• Every member of the society spies on the rest, and it is his duty to inform against them. All are slaves and equal in their slavery... The great thing about it is equality... Slaves are bound to be equal.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Equality, Spy, Slavery

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• Of my death, tell them i have done my duty

  Henry Joy McCracken

  Done, Republican

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• Sybil's female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold chocolates while trolls were trying to break into the compound, or had merely stayed at home and nursed such bits of husbands and sons as made it back from endless little wars. The result was a species of woman who, when duty called, turned into solid steel.

  Terry Pratchett

  Husband, War, Home

  "Thud!".

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• When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Hands, Lasts, Program

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.26, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.

  Ayn Rand

  Desire, Interest

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.613, Hamilton Books

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• It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Cost, May, Captains

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• Whatever success I've had it is because I've tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach's duty is to avoid complicating matters.

  Bill Belichick

  Football, Player, Thinking

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• The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . . The nobler sort of man pays special attention to nine points. He is anxious to see clearly, to hear distinctly, to be kindly in his looks, respectful in his demeanor, conscientious in his speech, earnest in his affairs. When in doubt, he is careful to inquire; when in anger, he thinks of the consequences; when offered an opportunity for gain, he thinks only of his duty.

  Confucius

  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

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• It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Fighting, Personality, Support

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• We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we've accomplished. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

  Ronald Reagan

  Running, Government, Sight

  Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.337, Best Books on

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