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Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.
Joseph Pilates
It is incumbent upon us to not only acquire but also to preserve our wellness.
2.
It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.
Abraham Lincoln
It is a transgression to remain mute when it is your obligation to object.
3.
You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.
Nina Simone
An artist's mission, in my estimation, is to mirror the era.
4.
I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.
Janusz Korczak
I am not here to seek adoration and worship, but to demonstrate love and action. It is not incumbent upon those around me to shower me with affection; rather, it is my responsibility to be conscientious of the state of the world and its inhabitants.
5.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
Thomas Jefferson
When oppression is enshrined in law, defiance becomes an obligation.
6.
It is your duty in life to save your dream.
Amedeo Modigliani
Fulfill your ambition.
7.
Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.
Vincent de Paul
Let us faithfully fulfil our obligations; let us earnestly seek divine guidance; let us strive to develop meekness, forbearance, self-denial, and benevolence.
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It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.
William Wilberforce
Support wholeheartedly the joy of all mankind to the greatest extent possible.
9.
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.
William Carey
It is the obligation of those who have been charged with the Gospel to strive to promulgate it among all peoples.
10.
You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.
Samuel L. Jackson
I am obligated to gratify that posterior.
11.
Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.
Marquis de Lafayette
Rebellion is the most hallowed of privileges and the most indispensable of obligations.
12.
I’m not attached to anything. I’m attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on.
Fidel Castro
14.
Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty.
River Phoenix
16.
Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.
Glenn Greenwald
17.
I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Alexander Hamilton
18.
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
Lord Byron
19.
Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.
R. C. Sproul
20.
The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word
John Owen
21.
I only did my duty, and what I was told to do as well as I could.
Simo Hayha
22.
Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come.
Wasif Ali Wasif
23.
It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
Maimonides
24.
Duty without love is deplorable.
Duty with love is desirable.
Love without duty is Divine.
Sathya Sai Baba
25.
I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.
Said Nursi
26.
Life is like jury duty. Just do it and get it over with.
Dana Gould
27.
The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
Michael Ramsey
28.
Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
Oscar Romero
30.
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann
33.
Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
Thomas Paine
34.
In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
Zachary Taylor
35.
If you feel alone and you've got nowhere to run to, always remember that your family is always there for you. It's their duty.
Shannon Leto
36.
Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom.
Charles Colson
37.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Thomas Paine
38.
I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.
Kelsey Grammer
39.
Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.
Walter Cronkite
41.
I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.
Pep Guardiola
42.
The right to die can so easily become the duty to die.
Peter Saunders
43.
[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
Elizabeth I
44.
The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.
Terence McKenna
45.
You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.
Jojo Moyes
47.
Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
Warren G. Bennis
48.
My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.
Bertrand Russell
49.
The right of personal freedom recedes before the duty to preserve the race.
Adolf Hitler
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
Abigail Adams