Duty Quotes

"Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."

"Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties."

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

"England expects that every man will do his duty."

Horatio Nelson

"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause."

Homer

"Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties."

H. G. Wells

"The safety, honour and welfare of your country come first, always and every time."

Philip Chetwode

"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'"

“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."

“We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.”

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”

“I believe the power to make money is a gift of God, to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.”

“Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.”

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”

“All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty.”

“Duty is the essence of manhood.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

“Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.”

“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a part as it may please the master to assign you. Your business is to act well the character assigned you.”

“The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens.”

“Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts of assistance.”

“Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.”

“I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.”

“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”

"There's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency."