Quotes about Duty
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
— Thomas a Kempis
The men and women that have served this country, I'm forever indebted to them.
— Mike Evans
Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service...
— Bill Clinton
Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.
— Rick Warren
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
— Samuel Johnson
Put thou thy trust in God; In duty's path go on; Fix on His word thy steadfast eye; So shall thy work be done.
— Martin Luther
All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.
— Benjamin Disraeli
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
— Thomas Jefferson
Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.
— Grover Cleveland
RESPONSIBILITY: Fulfill the obligations that the past posts to me. Embrace the opportunity for service based in love.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.
— James Madison
Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.
— Alice Walker