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

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Duty, Life, Demands, Responsibility, Growth

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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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"Responsibility and duty are different things, you can sacrifice your responsibility for your duty but you cannot sacrifice your duty for your responsibility."

"Responsibility and duty are different things, you can sacrifice your responsibility for your duty but you cannot sacrifice your duty for your responsibility."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Duty, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Life

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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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