Quotes with duty-first

Quotes 961 till 980 of 1725.

  • Branch Rickey Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Augustus Hare Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Thomas Mann Order and simplification are the first steps towards the mastery of a subject.
    Thomas Mann
    German author, critic and Nobel laureate in literature (1929) (1875 - 1955)
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  • Alexander Pope Order is heaven's first law.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Barney Ross Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
    Barney Ross
    American professional boxer (1909 - 1967)
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  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 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
    French Christian mystic, author (1881 - 1955)
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  • Butch Trucks Our first album was kind of simple, but it had that fire, that energy that we have to have.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Our first duty is not to be poor.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Earl Nightingale Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Bill Huizenga Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.
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  • Bill Shuster Our first responsibility is to protect the American people and we cannot put on blinders to expect that everyone who seeks asylum does so in good faith.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Bill Shuster Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments, Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know thyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Brandon Sanderson Overthrowing the Final Empire seems like a good start. Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
    Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006) Kelsier, Ch. 10
    Brandon Sanderson
    American author of epic fantasy and science fiction (1975 - )
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  • Vincent Van Gogh Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • B. W. Powe Passion was animal flesh, raw desire gnawing and ripping at its early limitations. These passions were to be feared only if undirected by the conscience of the higher self. Mind was the key to the process of enlightenment. Hence reason was the first principle, light itself.
    Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Emanations, Destinies, p. 4
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Antisthenes Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
    Antisthenes
    Greek philosopher (445 - 365)
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