#duty

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country? ↗

— George Washington

#politics #men

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. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#commonwealth #duty #finest-hour #men

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#gratitude #money #taxes #wealth #money

People are attracted more towards bad things because being good has been turned into a boring duty. No adrenaline & dopamine rush, no rewards! ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#duty #human-nature #pleasure #nature

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

#science-fiction #star-trek #the-first-duty #truth #science

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

#duty #mind #spirit #temptation #temptation

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

#duty

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

— Mortimer Adler

#duty #his #making #making up #mind

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

#arises #constitution #courage #duty #grows

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

— James Allen

#duty #more #returning #than #thanks