"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

Duty, Ambition, Truth, Wisdom

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"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

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Duty, Stand, Idleness, Action, Obedience

"Why was I chosen?''Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Duty, Strength, Heart, Merit, Power

"When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Duty, Responsibility, Care, Action, Focus

"If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be covered. If he sleeps he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good he must be pole-axed."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Duty, Guidance, Protection, Responsibility, Support

"Duty is a good thing, a calling without which no civilization can survive, but it is also a weight and chain that sometimes seems sure to sink you to the airless bottom of a dark pool."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Duty, Responsibility, Civilization, Weight

"May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Duty, Justice, May

"Everyone in this world perform their 'duty'. But when one performs the 'duty' and he also intimidates [scolds] someone in the process, he will reincarnate in the animal life form. If he carries out his duties with understanding, he will return to the human life form. And if he performs them with humbleness, he will reincarnate into the celestial world."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Duty, Truth, Spiritual, Wisdom, Future

"If you try to do that which is not 'our' duty [the Self's duty], it will create interference."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Duty, Truth, Wisdom, Spiritual, Power

"Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done. No tools will make a man a skilled workmen, or master of defense, or be of any use to him who has not learned how to handle them and has never bestowed any attention on them."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Duty, Work, Skill, Defense, Attention

"We are as the dead," Sha said. "Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And, when it is necessary, to surrender those lives. When we become what we are, we lose our lives - our names, our family, our homes, and our honour. All that remains is our lord."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Duty, Sacrifice, Faith, Loyalty

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"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

"Why was I chosen?''Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have."

"When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care."

"If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be covered. If he sleeps he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good he must be pole-axed."

"Duty is a good thing, a calling without which no civilization can survive, but it is also a weight and chain that sometimes seems sure to sink you to the airless bottom of a dark pool."

"May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense."

"If you try to do that which is not 'our' duty [the Self's duty], it will create interference."

"Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done. No tools will make a man a skilled workmen, or master of defense, or be of any use to him who has not learned how to handle them and has never bestowed any attention on them."

"We are as the dead," Sha said. "Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And, when it is necessary, to surrender those lives. When we become what we are, we lose our lives - our names, our family, our homes, and our honour. All that remains is our lord."

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