Quotes about Duty
The time is always right to do what is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
— George W. Bush
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist!
— CT Studd
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
— Francis de Sales
The time is always right to do right
— Nelson Mandela
Be brave! Let's remember our duty and perform it without complaint. There will be a way out. God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger. The weak shall fall and the strong shall survive and not be defeated!
— Anne Frank
believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!
— Anne Frank
Our position in life should never determine our posture in service.
— Sheila Walsh
Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
— Publilius Syrus
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
— John F. Kennedy
Sire—I have received an order, under your majesty's seal, to put to death all the protestants in my province. I have too much respect for your majesty, not to believe the letter a forgery; but if (which God forbid) the order should be genuine, I have too much respect for your majesty to obey it.
— John Foxe