#duty

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. ↗

— Mary Lyon

#fail #fear #i #know #nothing

A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people) like a crutch which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#duty #love #perfect-man #love

I don't see why you two can't get along." "It is a personality issue," Rathenridge muttered. Dentin looked at him. No emotion, no reaction, simply bland observation. "Yours? ↗

— Rachel Rossano

#duty #humor #personality-types #rachel-rossano #rathenridge

...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#hero #romance #business

True wealth, success, and happiness can only be achieved by balancing our business life with the duty we have to our self and to our family. ↗

— Joseph C. Kunz Jr.

#duty #happiness #inspiration #life #success

The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don't back out of a contract merely because you've changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you're being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job. ↗

— Pat Barker

#rebellion #war #change

There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love. ↗

— Jessica Fortunato

#enemies #hate #human #immortal #love

We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#honor #love #sacrifice #love

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#men

Society can give its young men almost any job and they'll figure how to do it. They'll suffer for it and die for it and watch their friends die for it, but in the end, it will get done. That only means that society should be careful about what it asks for. ... Soldiers themselves are reluctant to evaluate the costs of war, but someone must. That evaluation, ongoing and unadulterated by politics, may be the one thing a country absolutely owes the soldiers who defend its borders. ↗

— Sebastian Junger

#duty #patriotism #sacrifice #war #men