Quotes about Duty

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice.

The true guide of life is to do what is right.

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility.

For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

PEACE is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.