No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Sex is where you find it. I say take it and enjoy it. Give and receive freely, without fear, without guilt and… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
It only says 'Leave' if you have no identification with yourself as a citizen of this country and you feel you have… — Randy Cohen Copy Share Image
What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely contentious boards… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Somehow it must be made plain that the lawyer's moral judgment is not for hire, that there are occasions when the lawyer… — Harry Jones Copy Share Image
We writers – and especially writers for children, but all writers – have an obligation to our readers: it's the obligation to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I lived in great poverty as a child and young woman, and I used to think of money and how to make… — Leslie Parrish Copy Share Image
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is… — Hirohito Copy Share Image
The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these… — Jason Chaffetz Copy Share Image
Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist… — J. P. Morgan Copy Share Image
One has a sort of spiritual obligation to go back to the source material of the literature, to make contact with one… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
It's a Cyprus of misery and soup kitchens and a state which cannot meet basic obligations. It can only cause me grief. — Nicos Anastasiades Copy Share Image
Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People think that footballers just have a kick around with their mates. If they win, fine; if they don't, that's then fine,… — Dani Alves Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of… — Benjamin Hooks Copy Share Image
I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“Your responsibility is to not question God’s actions or what looks like a lack of action. Your obligation is to count on… — Jim George Copy Share Image
Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Our obligation to the world is, primarily, our obligation to our own future. Obviously, we cannot develop beyond a certain point unless… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them… — David Cross Copy Share Image
In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Choose the whole of your environment, things and events, based upon the value, meaning and function they hold. Do not allow obligation… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
... education fails in so far as it does not stir in students a sharp awareness of their obligations to society and… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image