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Duty Quotes (page 34)

Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference. George Eliot
Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian, or any Christian, at a particular time, to abstain from strong drink, either because he is the sort of man who cannot drink at all without drinking too much, or because he wants to give the money to the poor, or because he is with people who are inclined to drunkenness and must not encourage them by drinking himself. But the whole point he is abstaining, for... C. S. Lewis
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of..."
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. Henry Ward Beecher
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life. Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Miller quote: "Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all..."
Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days. Henry Miller
Communication is truth; communication is happiness. To share is our duty; to go down boldly and bring to light those hidden thoughts which are the most diseased; to conceal nothing; to pretend nothing; if we are ignorant to say so; if we love our friends to let them know it. Virginia Woolf
A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. A library is not a luxury. It is a man’s duty to have books. It is one of the necessities of a full life. Henry Ward Beecher
It's your duty to use what influence you have, unless you want to drift through life like a fish belly-up on the stream"I wish I could believe that life really is something more than a stream that carries us along, belly-up"Alright, if it's a stream, you're still free to be in this part of it or that part, aren't you? The water will divide again and again. If you bump, and tussle, and fight, and make use of whatever advantages you might have-"Oh, that's fine, I'm sure, when you have... Arthur Golden
I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest? and as scientists honesty is our precise duty? we cannot help but admit that any religion is a pack of false statements, deprived of any real foundation. The very idea of God is a product of human imagination. I do not recognize any religious myth, at least because they contradict one another. Paul Dirac
He respected the slight nervous shadow that crossed her face when he came too near her. But there arose out of this denial itself the perfume of a tenderness, that ghost of passion which, in the most unexpected relationship, can make even a whole lifetime devoted to irksome duty pass like a gracious dream. Thornton Wilder
Robert E. Lee quote: "There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty..."
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle. Robert E. Lee
Rejoice always in all events, be thankful always for all things is a hard precept for human nature, though in my philosophy and religion a perfect duty. John Adams
Albert Einstein quote: "It is the duty of every citizen according to his best..."
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. Albert Einstein
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments. Ludwig von Mises
By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, thy bleeding feet we track. Toiling up new Calv'ries ever with the cross that turns not back. New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth. We must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth James Russell Lowell

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