Top 25 Duty Quotes of 513 - Page 7

Silence is the eternal duty of man.

Thomas Carlyle

Men, Silence, Duty

Thomas Carlyle (1866). “On the choice of books: the inaugural address of Thomas Carlyle”, p.79

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

Thomas a Kempis

Remember, Duty, Position

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Saint Augustine

Praise, Duty, Ought

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 207-208, 1922.

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

Robyn Davidson

Pain, Attachment, Duty

Learn to say No—and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

Robert A. Heinlein

Rude, Happiness And Love, Duty

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.331, Penguin

The educator has the duty of not being neutral.

Paulo Freire

Teacher, Educator, Duty

If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Relationship, Forgiving, Duty

Twitter post from Feb 25, 2017

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.

Immanuel Kant

Inspirational, Self Improvement, Duty

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.

Immanuel Kant

Law, Duty, Reverence

Immanuel Kant (2013). “Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.8, Routledge

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

Herbert Bayard Swope

Firsts, Newspapers, Duty

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

Confucius

Son, Chinese, Duty

We are not here in this world to drift like seaweed. Whatever intelligence we have, it is our duty to drive to the utmost.

Blanche Willis Howard

World, Duty, Seaweed

Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

My duty is to obey orders.

Stonewall Jackson

Order, Duty

"Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson". Book by Mary Anna Jackson, 1891.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

Richard Wagner

Duty, Ability, Tempo

Richard Wagner (1887). “Wagner on Conducting”, p.20, Courier Corporation

Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.

Ramakrishna

Hands, Duty

Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

Do well the duty that lies before you.

Pittacus of Mytilene

Lying, Duty, Wells

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

Oscar Wilde

Music, Conversation, Duty

1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch.4.

Duty is what one expects from others.

Oscar Wilde

Responsibility, Ethics, Duty

Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (2008). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.127, Oxford Paperbacks