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Duty |
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Quotations
 | It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 9 likes |
 | Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 8 likes |
 | When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 5 likes |
 | Art is a faith that imposes the duty to ignore public opinion. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 5 likes |
 | I know of only one duty, and that is to love. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 4 likes |
 | Never mind your happiness; do your duty. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 4 likes |
 | There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it—it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it—you don't know what right is and you're not a man. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 4 likes |
 | Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | We are all Victims of Duty. — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 3 likes |
 | The “rights” of women are men's duties. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 3 likes |
 | To live without duties is obscene. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
| We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
 | I am not a hero. Heroes die young. I am just a citizen who does his duty. — Mikis Theodorakis, 1925-2021, Greek composer & politician 2 likes |
 | It has become a habit to declare our rights in order to neglect our duties. |
 | Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. |
 | My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter. |
 | The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. |
 | The best servant does his work unseen. |
 | The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. |
 | There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. |
 | Do you know what duty is? What one demands from others. |
 | Without duty, life is soft and boneless. |
Latin Quotes
 | Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant. 35 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty. — Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet 6 likes |
 | Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 3 likes |
 | Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just in all they do. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Thermopylae 3 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties. — Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The duties count in addition to relations. Τα καθήκοντα ταις σχέσεσι προσμετρείται. — Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher (for the things a philosopher should not neglect) 3 likes |
