"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

Duty, Honor, Violence, Responsibility, Decision

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

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"The world might stop in ten minutes; meanwhile, we are to go on doing our duty. The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world might last a hundred years."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to the really great in spirit."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"When we carry out our "religious duties" we are like people digging channels in a waterless land, in order that when at last water comes, it may find them ready."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"The negligence of a few could easily send a ship to the bottom, but if it is properly manned and every man does his duty, the ship can be safely brought to port."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

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"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"Everything in the society that is wrong is our responsibility to fix."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"There should ne'er be a timeWhen a duty or dimeDoth outshineThe importance of family."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Life has its demands from every one of us who live on planet earth."

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"Dying is easy, but victory comes hard."

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"A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands."

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"On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong."

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"One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it."

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"You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move."

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"Any cat may stare into a fire and see red mice play."

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"I sailed up to the cold stars but they were cold no longer, and I grew bigger and bigger until I was the stars and they were me, and I was Union, and for a single solitary glittering instant I was the universe."

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