"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."
- Jane Austen
"There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley"
"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."
- George Orwell
"I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know ..."
- Audre Lorde
"Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice."
- Criss Jami
"But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended."
- Edward Abbey
"He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright"
- Blaise Pascal
"On my honor, I will do my bestTo do my duty To God and my country"
- Boy Scouts of America
"So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is e..."
- Stevie Smith