Duty Quotes and Sayings

“The superior man is the man who fulfils his duty.” – Eugene Ionesco

“Keep close to Nature’s heart.. and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

“Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” – Mark Twain

“Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.” – Joseph Joubert

“Only do what your heart tells you.” – Princess Diana

“Love is a better teacher than duty.” – Albert Einstein

“Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.” – Henri-Frederic Amiel

“Sometimes a man does what he’d most like to avoid.” – Janet Morris

“Duty cannot exist without faith.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Love can do much, but duty more.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Every duty is great; great, because it tries our principle; great, because for the time being it tries our loyalty to conscience, and our energy and will.” – E. H. Chapin