Quote Genre: Duty

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘DUTY n. That which sternly i…

‘DUTY n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit along the line of desire.’

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Josiah Quincy – ‘When you have a number of di…

‘When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform always do the most disagreeable first.’

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Joseph F. Newton – ‘A duty dodged is like a debt…

‘A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred and we must come back and settle the account at last.’

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Stephen King – ‘Only enemies speak the truth…

‘Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly caught in the web of duty.’

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Immanuel Kant – ‘To be beneficent when we can…

‘To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that without any other motive of vanity or self-interest they find a pleasure in spreading joy around them and can take … Continue reading

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Thomas Jefferson – ‘Only aim to do your duty and…

‘Only aim to do your duty and mankind will give you credit where you fail.’

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Thomas Jonathan Jackson – ‘Do your duty and leave the r…

‘Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.’

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Ellen Sturgis Hooper – ‘I slept and dreamed that lif…

‘I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on poor heart unceasingly; And thou shalt find thy dream to be A truth and noonday … Continue reading

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Abbott Abbie Hoffman – ‘The first duty of a revoluti…

‘The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.’

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Sir Winston Churchill – ‘Let us therefore brace ourse…

‘Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say This was their finest hour.’

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