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Duty Quotes

"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."

"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

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"You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that's not your business.They should've trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies."

"You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that's not your business.They should've trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Duty, Truth, Comfort, Life, Order

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"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."

"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

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

"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

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"We have to make it a personal responsibility to eradicate ignorance from our society."

"We have to make it a personal responsibility to eradicate ignorance from our society."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Duty, Responsibility, Ignorance, Society, Awareness

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"Our higher duty is to fear God."

"Our higher duty is to fear God."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Duty, Fear, God, Respect

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"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."

"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

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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."

"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

Duty, Truth, Soul, Spirit

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"To avoid being blamed after here, do what you must do as a must do whilst you are here!"

"To avoid being blamed after here, do what you must do as a must do whilst you are here!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Duty, Responsibility, Action, Accountability, Now

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"We need to restore the full meaning of that old word duty. It is the other side of rights."

"We need to restore the full meaning of that old word duty. It is the other side of rights."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Duty, Rights, Society, Responsibility

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"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."

"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

Duty, Honor, Integrity, Service

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"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

Duty, Ambition, Truth, Wisdom

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"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."

"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

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"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Duty, Stand, Idleness, Action, Obedience

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"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."

"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

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

"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

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"If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do."

"If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Duty, Care, Family, Comfort, Expectation

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"To care is our endless sense if duty."

"To care is our endless sense if duty."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Duty, Care, Responsibility, Selflessness

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"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."

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

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

George Washington, American President

Duty, Office, Request, Observation, Decision

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