"We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do 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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"Everything in the society that is wrong is our responsibility to fix."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty."

Ernestine L. Rose, Polish Feminist

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"I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office."

George Washington, American President

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

John Fowles, English Novelist

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

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

Duty, Ambition, Truth, Wisdom

"By his [God's] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavor to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Duty, Hope, Service, Action

"I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it."

George Washington, American President

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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."

"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."

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

"She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty."

"I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office."

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

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

"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

"By his [God's] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavor to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter."

"I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it."

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"Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment."

"Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader."

"To get a hold on boys you must be their friend."

"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."

"We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it."

"When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters."

"The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself."

"An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual."

"A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances."