Obligation Quotes · Page 21

“The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.”

— Truman Capote

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

— Gary L. Francione

The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations

— Aldo Leopold

I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.

— John Lewis

Being Brave doesn't mean you are not scared. It means you are scared but you do what has to be done anyways.

— Anonymous

I think there's going to be an obligation to show that Trumpism is not a complete equivalent for GOP.

— Tim Kaine

“Sometimes you have to risk life, in order to live, and gamble death, to sacrifice life.”

— Anthony Liccione

Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.

— Bobby Rush

I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the…

— Jimmy Swaggart

To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social…

— John Updike

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is…

— Stephen Harper

There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It's a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little…

— Andrea Pirlo

If your voice is heard by more people because you've earned some kind of name and fame, your silence on an issue…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go.…

— Rhymefest

The most basic obligation we have to our veterans is that we keep the promises that were made to them. That is…

— Doc Hastings

Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses…

— William J. Clinton

“It is our obligation, as people created and owned by God, to give him the honor and glory that is due to…

— Greg Gilbert

I don't myself believe that, even when we fulfill our minimum obligations not to cause pain, we have the right to kill…

— Brigid Brophy

After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now,…

— Dianne Feinstein

There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with…

— Steven Saylor

When God put everybody here, I don't think that he had a master plan of a pecking order. That's not what you…

— Corey Feldman

I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and…

— Mike Dirnt

We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. When we put an end…

— Ban Ki-moon

We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I…

— John Rosemond

Most of the ethical dilemmas that I have faced have all been in the category of, you know, I know something and…

— Reid Hoffman

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

— Barack Obama

If you do what you need, you're surviving. If you do what you want, you're living.

— Anonymous

Living at peace with everyone...is not an option, it's an obligation.

— Alistair Begg

Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

— Ibn Taymiyyah

My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, 'I have never made a run for me.'

— Garfield Sobers

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.

— Elizabeth Edwards

It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good

— Mahatma Gandhi

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

— Quentin Tarantino

You can't explain collateralized debt obligation in a novel - it's too draggy.

— John Lanchester

I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.

— Don Rickles

If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.

— David Cross

The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

— James A. Michener

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

— Chinua Achebe

I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody's religious obligations, no matter how comical.

— Herman Melville

We were not born with guilt nor obligation. When you give in to guilt, you endorse it.

— Anita Moorjani