Quotes by Duty The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty. Ignacy Jan Paderewski summoning duty mind We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it. Igor Stravinsky duty Beneficence is a duty. Immanuel Kant beneficence duty Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else. Iris Chang duty writing firsts What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. Immanuel Kant self-improvement duty inspirational Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law. Immanuel Kant reverence duty law No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting. J. Frank Dobie cowboy quitting duty I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing. J. G. Holland next duty steps Let every lion do his duty. J. P. Morgan lions duty We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy. J. C. Ryle gods-will duty mercy Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity. Henry David Thoreau impunity disregarded duty Man's destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. Jacques Monod destiny duty men Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one. Jamaica Kincaid duty hatred sides The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies... James Anthony Froude historian duty firsts I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions. James R. Clapper retired duty political The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life. James Stephens lyrical poet duty I do consider my engaged poetry as a personal mission, a duty toward a society which evolves into a system of control of consciences: one even becomes a suspect for not thinking correctly! Jan Theuninck missions duty thinking He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty. James Russell Lowell duty gold giving New occasions teach new duties. James Russell Lowell onward-and-upward teach duty What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. James Madison duty god men «56789101112131415»