Quotes about duty

"When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it."

Stoddard, Charles A. on duty   

"It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish."

Szasz, Thomas on duty   

"For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it."

Thoreau, Henry David on duty   

"Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty --the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself."

Twain, Mark on duty
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"Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

Twain, Mark on duty
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"Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself."

Wilde, Oscar on duty
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"The first duty of life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one as yet discovered."

Wilde, Oscar on duty
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"If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself."

Patton, George S. on duty   

"Duty is ours; consequences our God's."

Jackson, Stonewall on duty   

"Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper."

Aurobindo, Ghose on duty