"The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors."

Duty, Neighbors, Self, Sense

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"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

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"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

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"Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"My duty is clear and at all costs will be done."

John Burns, English Activist

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"It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply."

Howard Staunton, English Celebrity

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"I (Percy) set Nico on guard duty with Beckendorf and the Stoll brothers, figuring he'd be safely out of the way...."What's happening?" Nico demanded, trying to climb up next to me."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other."

James Harvey Robinson, American Historian

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"Justice is the sum of all moral duty."

William Godwin, English Writer

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

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

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"Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be."

Thomas Kempis, German Writer

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"The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted."

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