Quotes about Duty
We in this country, in this generation, are, by destiny rather than choice, the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.
— John F. Kennedy
All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else the race would become extinct. Each has his business to perform, his part to act. It is a duty he owes to the rest as well as to himself.
— Joseph Bradley
Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way).
— Napoleon Hill
The responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the Church.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
— George Washington
Privilege and prosperity come with responsiblity.
— Carolyn Custis James
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.
— George Washington
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
— George Washington
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
— George Washington
Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
— George Washington
Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title
— George Washington
The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
— George Washington