676 Quotes About Duty


  • Author George Orwell
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    A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

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  • Author Chris Patten
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    The White Ensign has just been lowered over this shore base, but the values that it has stood for will, I hope, remain in this place: respect for law and for person, trust, duty and service.

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  • Author John Piper
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    Being happy in God is the way we glorify Him. This is the reason we were created. Delighting in God is not a mere preference or option of life; it is our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives.

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  • Author Pete Piringer
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    They're actually going to relieve some of the New Orleans firefighters who have been on duty since the storm hit.

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  • Author Thomas Paine
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    He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression;for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

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  • Author Bertrand Russell
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    All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

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