Dedication to Duty Quotes

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do.

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

"Duty, Honor, Country" - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations.

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

Disinterested public service has become, just so... what's the phrase, 'old school.'

My father was an odd stick. He was a member of MENSA and he was a uniformed yard cop for the Harvard police.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.

O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that do choke their service up Even with the having. . . .

I know I'm not a showy politician... I don't go drinking in parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record.

National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.

Ambition, the soldier's virtue.

Netanyahu has taken on the toughest job in the State of Israel, and as someone who truly gives of himself, I consider him a patriot.

The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

In my normal life, I am a private person doing a proper job.

Once we as doctors are entrusted with the well-being of our patients and their children, it is our duty to take action, to be selfless, and fulfill our obligation to the service of others. I did so willingly, and it brought me great joy throughout my professional career. However, I always had a desire to do more.

The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.

The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

Like most of the movies I have participated in before, it's not a far departure from my actual self. TJ is a Special Forces, hand-to-hand combat expert. He's got a big heart. He has a sense of duty that never ends, whether he is active duty or as you find him in Check Point, retired.

It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is paramount. It's that simple if you're a military guy. You don't say 'I'm not going to do that - that's dangerous.' If it's your duty to do it, that's the way it is.

Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day.

I've been very open about my health challenge because I think it's really important to let my constituents know that in spite of the fact that I am still in treatment, nothing about this treatment prevents me from doing my job.

I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty.

Serving people is never a problem for me, because I've already served all my patients. Even as a doctor, I also wasn't purely a doctor.