#duty

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty. ↗

— George Byron

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There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

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And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ. ↗

— Donald Cargill

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An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else. ↗

— Iris Chang

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It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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