Quotes about Duty
I was to be Martha, keeping busy with household chores in the background; she was to be Mary, laying pure devotion at Alex's feet. (Which does a man prefer? Bacon and eggs, or worship? Sometimes one, sometimes the other, depending how hungry he is.)
— Margaret Atwood
We must all make sacrifices in order to help other people," she said in a soothing tone. "Men must make sacrifices in war, and women must make sacrifices in other ways. That is how things are divided.
— Margaret Atwood
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
— Joseph Addison
It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.
— George Washington
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.
— George Washington
The time is always right to do what is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
— George W. Bush
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist!
— CT Studd
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
— Francis de Sales
The time is always right to do right
— Nelson Mandela
Be brave! Let's remember our duty and perform it without complaint. There will be a way out. God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger. The weak shall fall and the strong shall survive and not be defeated!
— Anne Frank