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Duty Quotes
"No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more."
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"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."
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"Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction."
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"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty."
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"No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty."
"Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness."
"I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are."
"For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor."
"Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races."
"The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies."
"Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers."
Duty,
"We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it."
"Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures."
"The negligence of a few could easily send a ship to the bottom, but if it is properly manned and every man does his duty, the ship can be safely brought to port."
"Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer."
"I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them."
"It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders."
"Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty."
"She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty."
"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty."
"I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow."
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
"I expect that on the 1st of August, the SA will be once more ready for duty."
"I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write."
"Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and has the potential to become an inexpensive source of energy for neighborhoods, light and heavy duty vehicles, and industry."
"The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind."
"We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail."
Duty,
"Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be."
Duty,
"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty."
"Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions."
"Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it."
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