Quotes about Duty
I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.
— Abraham Lincoln
Morality or duty never yet made a man happy in himself or dear to others.
— CS Lewis
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.
— Mark Twain
When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.
— Mark Twain
Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The greater number of men are merely corporals.
— Henry David Thoreau
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.
— Henry Ward Beecher
What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.
— James Madison
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
— Alain de Botton
What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.
— Kamala Harris
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
— Pope John Paul II