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Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review. — Robert Duvall

No frozen-hearted woman ever I laid eyes on but has made duty her religion. — Honore De Balzac

Insist on your life, never imitate ... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

God shapes us with a hammer of pain on an anvil of duty. I cannot imagine what shape we will be when He is finished. — Tad Williams

I'm not attached to anything.
I'm attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty.
I think that I will die with the boots on. — Fidel Castro

This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts. — Charlie Gonzalez

I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks. — Bai Ling

As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty. — Tulsi Gabbard

That morning on sentry duty, before Percy showed up, Frank had almost told Hazel his secret. — Rick Riordan

Never in former days would any high lord of this land have constrained a man to abandon such a quest as mine. My duty at least is clear, to go on. — J.R.R. Tolkien

One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw. — Billy Childish

Put thou thy trust in God;
In duty's path go on;
Fix on His word thy steadfast eye;
So shall thy work be done. — Martin Luther

I've found my line- from now on this comes first. This is my immediate duty- without this I am nothing. — F Scott Fitzgerald

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God. — Abdu'l- Baha

The writer's duty is to keep on writing. — William Styron

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde

I think that when you're making a story ... that's based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research. — Ryan Coogler

I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last. — William Carey

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. — Philip Pullman

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth — Nelson Mandela

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. — Elie Wiesel

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy. — Gerhard Schroder

We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us. — Harper Lee

Was once on trauma duty when a young man about twenty years old was rolled in, shot in the buttock. — Atul Gawande

It's an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language. — Billy Collins

Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation. — Thomas Dubay

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to keep on growing ... — May Sarton

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. — John Stuart Mill

On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty To God and my country — Boy Scouts Of America

I secretly assumed, as poets do,
The duty on me to define the moon. — Jorge Luis Borges

I didn't spend an afternoon doing my hair and makeup to go on demon-duty. — Cherie Colyer

Rebecca Byers, the comm officer on duty, could have been bred from a shark and a hatchet. — James S.A. Corey

I expect that on the 1st of August, the SA will be once more ready for duty. — Ernst Rohm

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty. — Jean Baudrillard

There's no bigger gaming franchise on the console than 'Call of Duty', and we can't wait to see what the community can create with this new tool. — Emmett Shear

The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand. — Theodore Parker

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty. — Nelson Mandela

Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people be informed thereof. — Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

This earth will be looked back on like a lowly home, and this life of ours be remembered like a short apprenticeship to duty. — William Mountford

There's no rest when you're on planetary duty. — Paul Watson

Christians have their attitude toward God changed from one of duty to free, loving self-giving because of what Jesus did for us on the cross. — Timothy J. Keller

We cannot and we must not allow ourselves to get distracted from our sacred duty. We cannot and we must not lose focus on the things that matter most. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. — Teresa Of Avila

We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on living. Even if our lives are not perfect. — Haruki Murakami

My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers. — Thomas Jefferson

It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use every particle of that influence to do good. — Brigham Young

We refuse to put guards on duty, we would rather pray for God's protection. — Sunday Adelaja

Love can exist alongside duty. Love thrives on duty. And respect. — Fawzia Koofi

Raven: The Reverend Mr Larynx has been called off on duty, to marry or bury (I don't know which) some unfortunate person or persons, at Claydyke: ... — Thomas Love Peacock

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other. — James Harvey Robinson

Sometimes, on duty, if one trusts a stranger, one's nerves are on edge. What if I am making a mistake! — Anuradha Bhattacharyya

Gravity is on duty all of the time. — Laurence Gonzales

To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not. — Allan Bloom

I can't get enough of 'Call of Duty.' I'm the oldest guy who plays on PlayStation. — Steve Jones

Discouragements, then, must come from ourselves and Satan, who laboureth to fasten on us a loathing of duty. — Richard Sibbes

We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone. — John Calvin

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. — John James Audubon

On their faces an expression like the letters of a legend, written around the base of a statue praising duty, gratitude, fidelity, love of England ... — Virginia Woolf

I feel it is my duty to plod on, while daylight shall last ... — Adoniram Judson

The greatest duty of life is to find the ultimate purpose of life. The second greatest duty is to put a laser focus on it and take action. — Debasish Mridha

I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery. — C. G. Jung

A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation. — Donald Horne

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. — Ian Fleming

You look as if you lived on duty and it hadn't;t agreed with you. — Ellen Glasgow

One solution might be to impose the duty on admissions officers to arbitrarily admit only half women and half men. — Phyllis Schlafly

In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. — Henry Spencer

I don't often agree with the RSPCA as I believe it is an animal's duty to be on my plate at supper time. — Jeremy Clarkson

A call to duty, a call for service. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
[On Water] — Guy De Maupassant

The terrible duty is that of going all the way to the end. And without relying on anyone. To live oneself. — Clarice Lispector

A Christian's duty, Lewis believed, is not simply to tolerate "X" but to make life with "X" an occasion to work on one's own character flaws. — Philip Zaleski

He wiped the sweat from his face on his sleeve, squared his shoulders, and strode back into the fray. All there was to do was his duty. — Diana Gabaldon

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago. — Liam Neeson

The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love. — George MacDonald

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end — Primo Levi

You were a cop?" Sarah remarked, surprised. She couldn't imagine this elegant woman posted on duty anywhere. Well, Lord and Taylor, maybe. — Martha Reed

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write. — David O. Russell

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world ... Focus on your main duty — Epictetus

It is a duty incumbent on every true deist, that he vindicates the moral justice of God against the calumnies of the Bible. — Thomas Paine

There is no lifeguard on duty. We each swim at our own risk during this short journey." ~ Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue — Lisa Fantino

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. — James Anthony Froude

Of all the games I've done, the only time I've ever lost my voice was on 'Call Of Duty 2,' playing a rasping Russian captain on the Stalingrad level. — Nolan North

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. — Mo Yan

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty. — Nick Hornby

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit. — William Godwin

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator. — Ken Loach

Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty. — River Phoenix

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? — Brandon Sanderson

The duty imposed on intellect by Life is not to suppress, but purify emotions. — Raheel Farooq

Zeal and duty are not slow
But on occasion's forelock watchful wait. — John Milton

It is the duty of every American citizen to take part in a vigorous debate on the issues of the day. — Thomas Jefferson

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope. — Nikos Kazantzakis

A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible. — Edward Abbey

You don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders. — James Alan Gardner

Then on! then on! where duty leads,My course be onward still. — Reginald Heber

2) "It is the duty of those who CAN see what is going on to expose to those who cannot see, the situation that they are unaware of! — Self

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. — William Cowper

Your country requires
heroes; be heroes; your
duty is to go on working,
and then everything will
follow of itself. — Swami Vivekananda