Quotes about Duty
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
— Andrew Jackson
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
— Andrew Jackson
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
— Lao Tzu
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
— St. Augustine
Everything in my life I owe to God, my family, the Naval Academy, and the Marine Corps.
— Todd Young
He serves his party best who serves his country best.
— Rutherford B. Hayes
May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right.
— Peter Marshall
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
— Phillips Brooks
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.
— Phillips Brooks
Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.
— Pierre Corneille
Do your duty and leave the rest to the gods.
— Pierre Corneille
To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.
— Rutherford B. Hayes