"It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail."

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"It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail."

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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."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Duty, Enemy, Liberty, Oppression

"It is the duty of man to raise up man."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Duty, Man

"And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Duty, Power, Men, Age, Preservation

"Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Duty, Responsibility, Life, Patriotism

"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

Duty, Language, Word

"A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Duty, Integrity, Man, Responsibility

"Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy."

John Spratt, American Politician

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"Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Duty, Film, Jury, Years

"Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

Duty, Interest

"I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify."

Ramsey Clark, American Public Servant

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"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

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"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

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"Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge."

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"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

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"Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow."

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"Patience is the food of understanding."

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"What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method."

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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."

"It is the duty of man to raise up man."

"Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it."

"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."

"A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility."

"Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy."

"Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago."

"Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures."

"I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify."

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"You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end."

"Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified."

"The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete."

"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

"Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge."

"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

"Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow."

"Patience is the food of understanding."

"What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method."