Quotes about Duty
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart.
— John Piper
Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.
— Rick Warren
As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
God is weaving His tapestry according to his own grand design. All flesh is in His hands. We have no need to fear. We have no need to worry. Our imperative need is to be found doing our duty.
— Gordon Hinckley
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
— Oswald Chambers
With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
— Abraham Lincoln
I have done for my country and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.
— Thomas Jefferson
The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures.
— Thomas Paine
Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.
— Randy Alcorn
The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.
— St. John Chrysostom
I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our ills, both on a national or individual basis.
— Ezra Taft Benson