Duty quotes - page 72

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.
All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
 Francois Fenelon
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
 Edward de Bono
When I read Toni Morrison and Sandra Cisneros as a freshman at Rutgers, it all clicked - that writing was all I wanted to do. It became my calling.
 Junot Diaz
It is our duty to save the world. That is our mission, insofar as they will listen unto us and receive our testimony.
 Nathan Eldon Tanner
If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.
 Pat Morley
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
Such boycotts threaten academic speech and exchange, which is our solemn duty as academic institutions to protect.
 Molly Corbett Broad
I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
 Sam Taylor-Wood
It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense, which cramps and restrains our nature.
It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense, which cramps and restrains our nature.
What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.
 Richard Marcinko
Successful actors and actresses have to get themselves into their roles before acting. Therefore, you need to really care about what you are saying.
 Jane Goodall
So make it your aim and lifelong habit, when you see someone who's serving, to be reminded of the sacrifice of the Savior, for apart from His sacrifice there is no serving.
 C. J. Mahaney
The most meaningless term in the English language is "I take full responsibility." When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.
 Bernard Goldberg
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.
I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.
 Vinny Guadagnino
I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
 Rita Mae Brown
People can live tremendously rich, blissful, ecstatic lives. But the first thing is, we have to accept our responsibility.
I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera \'Melrose Place.\'
I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
 Famke Janssen
You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.