“Thank God, I have done my duty.”
Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
Statement among his final dying words. [citation needed]
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
“Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.”
— Joseph Addison, book Cato
Act IV, scene iv.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
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“When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough;
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.”
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist
Source: Tom Thumb the Great (1730), Act I, sc. iii
Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) Indian novelist and journalist
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Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
In response to the cheer that was raised after he sent the signal "England expects every Man will do his Duty.", as quoted in The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship's Manuscripts (1810) by James Stanier Clarke and John McArthur, p. 667
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman
Deeds Rather Than Words (1963)
Context: Every person has his own ideas of the act of praying for God's guidance, tolerance, and mercy to fulfill his duties and responsibilities. My own concept of prayer is not as a plea for special favors nor as a quick palliation for wrongs knowingly committed. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) American theologian and writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 202.
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) English military and political leader
As quoted from "Dying Sayings" of Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Thomas Carlyle
“God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American pastor
As I See Religion (1932)
“Thank God it has rained all day.”
John James Audubon (1785–1851) American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter
Source: The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon, the Naturalist (1868), Ch. XXIX, p. 348
Context: Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.