Quotes with heavy-duty

Quotes 241 till 260 of 302.

  • George Eliot The reward of one's duty is the power to fulfill another.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers got so heavy because of the dramatic hit records like 'Lovin' Feelin.' Bobby and I just felt like we were a couple of Orange County guys who were just having a great time singing rock n' roll, and then, boy, it became something else.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Washington Irving The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • David Lloyd George The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
    David Lloyd George
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 (1863 - 1945)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Lord Melbourne The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Samuel Smiles The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Samuel Johnson The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bob Newhart There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Sir John Bowring There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
    'Virginibus Puerisque ' An Apology for Idlers' (1881)
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Woodrow Wilson There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Milan Kundera There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Winston Churchill There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ben Carson There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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