Duty Quotes - Page 24

• To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
  And hear His pardoning voice
  Changes a slave into a child,
  And duty into choice.

  William Cowper

  Children, Law, Voice

  William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.40

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• Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.

  Joseph Pilates

  Normal, Conditions

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• The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.

  Baba Hari Dass

  Strong, Ocean, Soul

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• It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His almighty power is engaged for our defense and help in all of our straits and temptations.

  William Gurnall

  Believe, Temptation, Saint

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• When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but it's rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Discipline, Enjoy Life, Needs

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author – Autobiographical account of the author from the time she worked as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War”, p.187, e-artnow

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• When there is love, there is no duty. When you love your wife, you share everything with her-your property, your trouble, your anxiety, your joy.
  You do not dominate. You are not the man and she is not the woman to be used and thrown aside, a sort of breeding machine to carry on your name.
  When there is love, the word duty disappears.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love You, Men, Names

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949 : Choiceless awareness”, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

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• Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Prayer, Neglected

  R. C. Sproul (1984). “Effective Prayer”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Evil, Sacred

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• True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience.

  J. C. Ryle

  Self, Practice, Heaven

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• Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Soldier, Enemy, Fantasy Stories

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• Your country requires
  heroes; be heroes; your
  duty is to go on working,
  and then everything will
  follow of itself.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Country, Hero, Goes On

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• Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Citizens, Lawlessness, Sacred

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.144, Vintage

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• Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Military, America, Government

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• I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.

  Bram Fischer

  Engagement, Dangerous, Circumstances

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• It is the duty of every person to contribute in the development and progress of India.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Progress, India, Development

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• I think it is not very difficult to discern by the duties and converses of Christians, what frames their spirits are under. Take a Christian in a good frame, and how serious, heavenly, and profitable, will his converses and duties be! what a lovely companion is he during the continuance of it!

  John Flavel

  Christian, Thinking, Lovely

  John Flavel (1799). “Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel”, p.433

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• Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

  Adrian Rogers

  Discipline, Needs, Want

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• If you have done well in whatever business you are in, it is your duty to send the elevator back down and try to help bring up the next generation of undiscovered talent.

  Kevin Spacey

  Trying, Generations, Done

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• Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

  Thucydides

  Greatness, Men, Honor

  Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

  Oscar Romero

  Peace, Generosity, Dynamism

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• The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

  J. C. Ryle

  Punishment, People, Desire

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• Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom.

  Charles Colson

  Kingdoms, Glory, Posts

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• I never see why we should do anything unless it is either a duty or a pleasure! Life's short enough without filling up hours unnecessarily

  C. S. Lewis

  Filling Up, Hours, Enough

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “Collected Letters Volume Three: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963”, p.96, HarperCollins UK

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• The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Personality, Firsts

  Maria Montessori (1970). “The child in the family”, Contemporary Books

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• I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a new evangelization... No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.

  Pope John Paul II

  Church, Energy, Moments

  Pope John Paul II (1991). “Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate”

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