Duty
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- A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it.
- A man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures.
- A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
- Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic.
- Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes the man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.
- Dare to do your duty always; this is the height of true valor.
- Do the duty that lies nearest to you. Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.
- Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCommonly attributed
- Do the duty which lies nearest to thee. Thy second duty will already have become clearer.
- Do the duty which lies nearest to you; your duty to the man who lives next door, and to the man who lives in the next street.
- Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's temptation; and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.Charles KingsleyCommonly attributed
- Do your duty, and don’t swerve from it. Do that which your conscience tells you to be right, and leave the consequences to God.
- Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only can he securely lay down his head and close his eyes.
- Duty and to-day are ours, results and futurity belong to God.
- Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
- Duty is a power that rises with us in the morning, and goes to rest with us at night. It is co-extensive with the action of our intelligence. It is the shadow that cleaves to us, go where we will.
- Duty is ours, results are God's.
- Duty is the demand of the passing hour.
- Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.
- Every duty which we omit, obscures some truth which we should have known.
- Exactness in little duties is a wonderful source of cheerfulness.
- For truth and duty it is ever the fitting time; who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
- God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.
- God never imposes a duty without giving the time to do it.
- Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
- Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
- Happy men are full of the present, for its bounty suffices them; and wise men also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.
- How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.
- I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
- The world would be both better and brighter if we would dwell on the duty of happiness, as well as on the happiness of duty.
- If the duties before us be not noble, let us ennoble them by doing them in a noble spirit; we become reconciled to life if we live in the spirit of Him who reconciled the life of God with the lowly duties of servants.Frederick William RobertsonCommonly attributed
- Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of saying pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second.
- It is for us to go straight on with the duty of the hour, and the way opens as we push ahead.
- It is not thy duty to complete the work, but neither art thou free to desist from it
- Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
- Let men laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.
- Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.
- Moral courage arises from a sense of duty, and from a fear of offending Him who made us. It always acts in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.
- My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God’s hands.