Quotes about Duty
Is is always time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've caught myself a time or two adding or embellishing. I don't think that pleases the Lord. I don't think He needs my dishonesty to convey His gospel.
— Max Lucado
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.
— Mark Twain
If he was a wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
— Mark Twain
I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one.
— Mark Twain
He would now have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
— Mark Twain
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right....
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
noncooperation with evil is just as much a moral duty as is cooperation with good.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ik raakte ervan overtuigd dat niet meewerken aan een slechte zaak net zo goed een morele verplichting inhoudt als meewerken aan iets goeds.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The time is always right to do what's right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never must the church tire of reminding men that they have a moral responsibility to be intelligent.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never, never be afraid to do what is right. Society's punishments are small compare to the wounds we inflict on our souls when we look away
— Martin Luther King, Jr.