Quotes and Sayings about Duty

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Sometimes we have to let go of our pride and do what is requested of us.

Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.

'It is the duty of the strong to oppose any who threaten the weak.'
- The Southern Paladin

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Making money isn't hard in itself. What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.

If A is success in life, then A=x+y+z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

Barriers and obstacles are stairs that we take to go up.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening - everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that'.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

'Difficulty' is the name of an ancient tool that was created to define who we are.

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.

There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.

I can resist everything except temptation.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Honor is for fools.

If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.

There aren't enough Jedi to protect the Republic. We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers.

Never let pride be your guiding principle! Let your accomplishments speak for you.

Education is the most powerful weapon you can choose to change the world.

Money can't buy life.

Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

Success is one part inspiration, nine parts desperation.

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Strength lies in knowing oneself.