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Duty Quotes

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
Thomas Jefferson

When oppression is enshrined in law, defiance becomes an obligation.
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It is your duty in life to save your dream.
Amedeo Modigliani

Fulfill your ambition.
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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.
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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.
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You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.
Samuel L. Jackson

I am obligated to gratify that posterior.
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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.
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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

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Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty.
River Phoenix

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Duty is ours; consequences are God's.
Stonewall Jackson

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Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.
Glenn Greenwald

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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Alexander Hamilton

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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
Lord Byron

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Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.
R. C. Sproul

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The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word
John Owen

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I only did my duty, and what I was told to do as well as I could.
Simo Hayha

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Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come.
Wasif Ali Wasif

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It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
Maimonides

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Duty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine.
Sathya Sai Baba

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I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.
Said Nursi

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Life is like jury duty. Just do it and get it over with.
Dana Gould

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The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
Michael Ramsey

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Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
Oscar Romero

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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
Louisa May Alcott

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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann

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Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's
Stonewall Jackson

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Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.
Stonewall Jackson

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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
Thomas Paine

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In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
Zachary Taylor

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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

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Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom.
Charles Colson

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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Thomas Paine

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I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.
Kelsey Grammer

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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

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What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be
Chauncey Wright

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I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.
Pep Guardiola

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The right to die can so easily become the duty to die.
Peter Saunders

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[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

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The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.
Terence McKenna

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You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.
Jojo Moyes

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Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself.
Margaret Fuller

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Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
Warren G. Bennis

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My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.
Bertrand Russell

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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