#duty

The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! If you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, you don't deserve to wear that uniform! ↗

— Ronald D. Moore and Naren Shankar

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Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance. ↗

— Sivananda Saraswati

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You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want. ↗

— Holly Black

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The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ↗

— James Allen

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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. ↗

— John James Audubon

#because #duty #father #i #me

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. ↗

— John Acton

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