"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty."

Duty, Temptation, Whisper

69

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty."

Exlpore more Duty quotes

"Nobody is masterless, even ronin enslaved by his sword."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Duty, Truth, Power, Today, Regret

"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Duty,

"The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Duty, Responsibility, Life, Spiritual

"Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates."

George Eliot, British Author

Duty, Friendship, Responsibility, Support

"Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

Duty, Observation, Loyalty, Wisdom

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Duty, Man

"I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

Duty,

"The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Duty,

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Duty, Justice, Responsibility, Death, Empathy

"Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness."

Ike Skelton, American Politician

Duty, States, Today, United

Explore more quotes by Earl Wilson

"Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously."

Ability

"Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air."

Ability

"Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money."

Money

"A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie."

Man

"This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt."

Love

"Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done."

Leadership

"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."

Blood

69

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Duty quotes

"Nobody is masterless, even ronin enslaved by his sword."

"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical."

"The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls."

"Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates."

"Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion."

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty."

"I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent."

"The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else."

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

"Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness."

Explore more quotes by Earl Wilson

"Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously."

"Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air."

"Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't."

"Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure."

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

"Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money."

"A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie."

"This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt."

"Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done."

"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."