No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.
You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.
No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties.
If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek.
The true source of rights is duty.
Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.
Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.
The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.
I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.
Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.
The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.
At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.
India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).
Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty.
Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.
Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.