Charles Kingsley Quotes

It's the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody's got to do it. And if you don't, who will?

Without duty, life is soft and boneless.

There is no moment without some duty.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

Anything which tends to bring a greater sense of responsibility to individuals should be encouraged.

Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

My philosophy is that you do what you have to do.

I was blessed by my parents and my antecedents by a very strong work ethic. I mean, being a Member of Parliament is 24/7, just as much as when you're actually doing a play. It's not quite 24/7, but it's the work that counts.

I never run away from the responsibility. I'm used to it.

Work is hard, and jobs can be dull. But you can't just take a holiday when you feel like it. You turn up because it is the right thing to do.

It doesn't really matter the score or the situation: I got a job to do.

Work is not optional for those able to do work, and that's most of us. There are to be no shirkers in the Lord's kingdom.

You do the job you have to do where you have to do it.

I grew up in a family where the thing that was valued most was being a hard worker, and if you commit to something, you follow through.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

I've never run away from my responsibilities.

Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment.