Duty Quotes - Page 27

• The unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual; and that the higher interests involved in the life of the whole must here set the limits and lay down the duties of the interests of the individual.

  Adolf Hitler

  Unity, Limits, Spirit

  Adolf Hitler (1938). “Adolf Hitler from Speeches 1933-1938”

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• [Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole justification of his existence, and that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty, value and virtue. This is the moral base of collectivism, of all dictatorships.

  Ayn Rand

  Sacrifice, Men, Self

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• You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Daughter, Future, Son

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• Duty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime.

  Jerry Bridges

  Guilt, May, Christ

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• It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips

  Alistair Begg

  Christian, Spiritual, Heart

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• Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Mother, Dream, Home

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Select Works”, p.375, Lulu Press, Inc

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• No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Men, True Joy, Ego

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• Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Fields, Gone

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2087, Manonmani Publishers

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• Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors they can no longer earn, and the duties they can no longer perform.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Honor, Way, Should

  Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney (2004). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815”, p.247, Princeton University Press

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• Most of our days are filled with routine duties required for life to continue with any sort of sanity. But if we take the time look closely, we might discover that God is using these normal activities to prepare us for future tasks, each duty pointing to His blessing in our lives.

  Priscilla Shirer

  Blessing, Routine, Looks

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• To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
  And hear His pardoning voice
  Changes a slave into a child,
  And duty into choice.

  William Cowper

  Children, Law, Voice

  William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.40

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• It is our duty to make this world a better place for women.

  Christabel Pankhurst

  World, This World, Better Place

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• Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!

  George Takei

  Citizens, Vote, Galaxy

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• Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.

  Joseph Pilates

  Normal, Conditions

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• When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are actually figurative. Art can idealize those symbols, and so reveal the profound truths they contain.

  Richard Wagner

  Art, Believe, Profound

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• The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.

  Baba Hari Dass

  Strong, Ocean, Soul

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• It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His almighty power is engaged for our defense and help in all of our straits and temptations.

  William Gurnall

  Believe, Temptation, Saint

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• Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and leave it there; duties are ours, events are the Lord's.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Faithful, Suffering, Events

  Samuel Rutherford (1867). “Letters of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford”, p.74

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• When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but it's rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Discipline, Enjoy Life, Needs

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author – Autobiographical account of the author from the time she worked as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War”, p.187, e-artnow

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• When there is love, there is no duty. When you love your wife, you share everything with her-your property, your trouble, your anxiety, your joy.
  You do not dominate. You are not the man and she is not the woman to be used and thrown aside, a sort of breeding machine to carry on your name.
  When there is love, the word duty disappears.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love You, Men, Names

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949 : Choiceless awareness”, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

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• Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Prayer, Neglected

  R. C. Sproul (1984). “Effective Prayer”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Evil, Sacred

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• We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.

  J. C. Ryle

  Mercy, Gods Will, Draws

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• True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience.

  J. C. Ryle

  Self, Practice, Heaven

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• Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Soldier, Enemy, Fantasy Stories

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