Quotes having the keyword Duty
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
by Evelyn Waugh (Author, English , born in 1903) keywords: arresting, bad, books, course, craving, duty, get, many, phrases, professional, read, reviewers , unhealthy I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
by William Weld (Politician, American , born in 1945) keywords: coercive, duty, government, keep, minimum, moral, taxation, theft , think It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
by Rebecca West (Author, Irish , born in 1892) keywords: abandon, desires, duty, itself, loyal, master, must, own, passion , soul The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
by George Whitefield (Clergyman, American , born in 1714) keywords: actions, against, appearance, christians, duty, evil, first, great, guard, heart, important, incumbent, may, much, our, seem, sinful, upon, watch , which I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also the bad conscience of the Jews. Because what I have taken up as my duty was everybody's duty.
by Simon Wiesenthal (Activist, Austrian , born in 1908) keywords: also, am, bad, because, conscience, duty, everybody, jews, know, nazis, only, taken , up Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
by William Wilberforce (Politician, English , born in 1759) keywords: before, circumstances, clear, conduct, doing, duty, everyone, golden, him, his, others, path, regulate, rule, similar, them, us, will , would Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
by Earl Wilson (Athlete, American , born in 1934) keywords: call, duty, ever, farther, heard, loudest, notice, temptation, than , whisper Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: beyond, carried, concerning, conscience, duty, even, faithful, far, had, her, mere, mother, needs, negroes, ownership, physical, qualms, render, requiring, sense, service, supplying , their When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: appetite, case, cast, civil, disorder, drink, duty, elevated, family, feeling, indulge, members, men, minds, much, neglect, off, pitied, pleasure, regard, religion, society, strong, take, their , understandings Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
by Mary Wortley (Royalty, English , born in 1689) keywords: another, being, duty, good, may, power, rich, riches, sort, tis , word Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom.
by Ahmed Yassin (Activist, Palestinian , born in 1937) keywords: allah, allies, america, battle, countries, domination, duty, earth, either, establish, everywhere, islam, jihad, liberate, martyrdom, rule, sons, victory, your, yourselves , zionist
