Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school. — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
I feel an obligation to myself to entertain myself and if other people get something out of it, I'm like, right on. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor... — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I don't think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
These debt obligations will simply erode America's standard of living in the future. Money spent to service the debt is money that… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation;… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
A man who knows a thing, who is aware of a given danger, and sees the possibility of a remedy with his… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.'… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
It's a little like packing for a trip. First you lay out everything that might possibly be useful, with no thought about… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
I like the fans, but I don't feel an obligation that I have to be an example to them, like say maybe… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental'… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. — Giovanni Ruffini Copy Share Image
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power… — Marshall Field Copy Share Image
A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must… — Patrick Dodson Copy Share Image
I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Once you have become the centre of a conflict in a complex governmental enterprise you have the obligation to resign. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Everybody has the prerogative for their own career in this business, and I firmly believe that to this day. But if you… — Shane Douglas Copy Share Image
We all have our ups and ours downs and sometimes, it seems like our burdens are too much to bear, have faith… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Mathematics, in the development of its ideas, has only to take account of the immanent reality of its concepts and has absolutely… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We have one set of obligations to the world in general, and we have other sets never to be reconciled to our… — Michael Frayn Copy Share Image
Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place… — David Ehrenfeld Copy Share Image
All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Why not coincidentally? From religion comes hope for the future and a sense of societal obligation (i.e., a non-hedonistic worldview). No faith,… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
