77 Duty Quotes to Inspire Success (COMMITMENT)

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Top 12 Most Famous Duty Quotes (BEST)

“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
Marie Curie

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. - Robert Baden-Powell — We never **fail** when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. – Robert Baden-Powell

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill — All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: **freedom**, **justice**, **honor**, duty, **mercy**, hope. – **Winston Churchill**

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty. - Lord Byron — I slept and dreamt that **life** was **beauty**; I woke and found that life was duty. – **Lord Byron**

Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results. - George W. Goethals — **Knowledge** of our duties is the most essential part of the **philosophy** of **life**. If you escape duty you avoid **action**. The world demands results. – George W. Goethals

“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.”
Barack Obama

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. - Thomas A. Kempis — Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. – Thomas A. Kempis

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey — The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. – **Edward Abbey**

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty. - John D. Rockefeller — Every right implies a responsibility; Every **opportunity**, an obligation, every possession, a duty. – **John D. Rockefeller**

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. - Saint Augustine — In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. – **Saint Augustine**

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. - Maxim Gorky — When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. – Maxim Gorky

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. - Muhammad Ali Jinnah — With **faith**, **discipline** and selfless **devotion** to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you’ll know right away what you amount to. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

Top 16 Duty Quotes on Obligation and Responsibility

“Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.”
Ann Landers

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. - Samuel Adams — The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. – Samuel Adams

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied. - Plato — Let men of all ranks whether they are **successful**, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied. – **Plato**

“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.”
Nikola Tesla

Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence. - Stonewall Jackson — Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence. – Stonewall Jackson

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. - Henry Edward Manning — Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. – Henry Edward Manning

Do well the duty that lies before you. - Pittacus of Mytilene — Do well the duty that lies before you. – Pittacus of Mytilene

“It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.”
Lao Tzu

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future. - Elon Musk — I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future. – **Elon Musk**

Let's have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. - Abraham Lincoln — Let’s have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – **Abraham Lincoln**

“As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot exempt from this duty, and small though it be, I too have a mission to fill, as for example: alleviating the sufferings of my fellowmen.”
Jose Rizal

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. - Douglas MacArthur — Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. – **Douglas MacArthur**

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin — It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. - Andrew Carnegie — Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. – **Andrew Carnegie**

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our power. - Henri Frederic Amiel — Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our power. – Henri Frederic Amiel

4 Most Promising Duty Quotes on Bravery

“The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.”
Ellen G. White

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. - Robert Green Ingersoll — When the will defies **fear**, when duty throws the gauntlet down to **fate**, when honor scorns to **compromise** with death – that is heroism. – **Robert Green Ingersoll**

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. - Charles Mackays — He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the **brave endure**, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. – Charles Mackays

“Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. 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.”
George S. Patton

Top 3 Duty Quotes on Justice

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. - Lois McMaster Bujold — The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. – Lois McMaster Bujold

Justice is the sum of all moral duty. - William Godwin — Justice is the sum of all moral duty. – William Godwin

I think the first duty of society is justice. - Alexander Hamilton — I think the first duty of society is justice. – **Alexander Hamilton**

9 Profound Duty Quotes on Leadership and Politics

“Freedom isn’t free. It shouldn’t be a bragging point that ‘Oh, I don’t get involved in politics,’ as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn’t insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.”
Bill Maher

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. - George W. Bush — **Leadership** to me means duty, honor, country. It means **character**, and it means listening from time to time. – George W. Bush

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. - Benjamin Disraeli — Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People. – **Benjamin Disraeli**

“I think I’m basically a liberal Conservative – I believe in low tax, spirit of free enterprise, and in making sure that we as politicians create the framework for business to produce the dosh that we’re going to need to pay for the poorest. And the longer I live, the more I think that we all have a duty to each other.”
Boris Johnson

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. - Ronald Reagan — Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. – **Ronald Reagan**

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. - Thomas Jefferson — The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – **Thomas Jefferson**

“We have a duty to show up in the world with meaning and purpose and commitment to doing good. And to use any privilege that we have to make positive change and to disrupt oppressive systems.”
Meena Harris

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. - Arnold Schwarzenegger — Government’s first duty and highest obligation is public safety. – **Arnold Schwarzenegger**

A man who neglects his duty as a citizen is not entitled to his rights as a citizen. - Tiorio — A man who neglects his duty as a citizen is not entitled to his rights as a citizen. – Tiorio

5 Inspirational Duty Quotes that Will Make You Smile

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. - William R. Alger — After every storm the sun will **smile**; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. – William R. Alger

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. - George Washington — **Happiness** and moral duty are inseparably connected. – **George Washington**

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. - James Allen — No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – **James Allen**

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. - Phillips Brooks — Happiness is the natural flower of duty. – Phillips Brooks

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier. - Helen Keller — One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier. – **Helen Keller**

5 Touching Duty Quotes On Love

“Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.”
Petrarch

Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can. - Cinda Williams Chima — Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can. – Cinda Williams Chima

Love is a better teacher than duty. - Albert Einstein — Love is a better teacher than duty. – **Albert Einstein**

I know of only one duty, and that is to love. - Albert Camus — I know of only one duty, and that is to love. – **Albert Camus**

The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich — The first duty of love is to listen. – Paul Tillich

3 Enriching Duty Quotes for the Youth

“Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.”
Colin Powell

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. - Kurt Cobain — The duty of youth is to **challenge** corruption. – Kurt Cobain

“For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.”
Carl Jung

15 Wise Duty Quotes that Will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchange of smiles with Beauty and Joy to cling to irksome duties and relations?”
Helen Keller

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty. - Stieg Larsson — To exact revenge for yourself or your **friends** is not only a right, it’s an absolute duty. – Stieg Larsson

There is no moment without some duty. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — There is no moment without some duty. – **Marcus Tullius Cicero**

Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain. - Theodore Parker — Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain. – Theodore Parker

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. - Thomas Jefferson — Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you **fail**. – **Thomas Jefferson**

“As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.”
Jack Kevorkian