Quotes about Duty
For it is a moroseness too imperious, to wish that what we ourselves follow as right, and consonant with our duty, should be prescribed as a law to others.
— John Calvin
The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.
— Henry David Thoreau
The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
— George Washington
Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.
— Mahatma Gandhi
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
— Winston Churchill
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
— George Bernard Shaw
Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Happiness is a moral obligation.
— Dennis Prager
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
— Samuel Johnson
The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.
— Benjamin Disraeli
We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.
— Ezra Taft Benson