A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. Bertrand Russell
Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never do less. Robert E. Lee
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw
Once a rigid idea of duty has got inside a narrow mind, it can never get out again. Joseph Joubert
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. Henri Frederic Amiel
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. Andrew Carnegie
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another. George Eliot
Everything – a horse, a vine – is created for some duty…For what task, then, were you yourself created? Marcus Aurelius
When duty calls, that is when character counts. William Safire
We all know our duty better than we discharge it. John Randolph
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty. Charles Horton Cooley
It is easier to do one’s duty to others than to one’s self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish. Thomas Szasz
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. John Fowles
I have only done my duty. Andrew Jackson
Freedom and duty always go hand in hand, and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free. John Foster Dulles