Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Duty Quotations

But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]

Duty is the demand of the hour.

Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.

What then is your duty? What the day demands.

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

Love can do much, but duty more.