Ought Quotes · Page 33

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.

— Matthew Henry

There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.

— Aeschylus

Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom.

— Vita Sackville-West

Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.

— Patrick Henry

A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.

— W. Somerset Maugham

I think the American people ought to take their democracy back.

— James Carville

You ought to be able to make a nice profit and also do something to change the world.

— John Paul DeJoria

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

— William Graham Sumner

Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is…

— Martin Luther

It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about…

— Epictetus

In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their…

— Robert Musil

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they…

— Isaac Barrow

Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the…

— Sri Aurobindo

When we say we begin with God, we begin with our idea of God, and our idea of God is not God.…

— E. Stanley Jones

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a…

— William Falconer

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away.…

— John F. Kerry

I illustrate with a quotation from the atheist philosopher Richard Rorty, who died recently and is, I suspect, now having a lengthy…

— Richard Rorty

By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that…

— Arthur Miller

I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of…

— David McCullough

... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6).…

— Pope Leo I

I think it’s time to open the books on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations…

— John Podesta

The only way we can determine the true age of the earth is for God to tell us what it is. And…

— Henry M. Morris

I think it's a sign of a gotcha political system that's looking to take down public interest candidates that they make a…

— Jill Stein

Jesus is humble, and His servants must not be proud; but Jesus was never mean or cowardly, nor must His servants be.…

— Charles Spurgeon

Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to…

— Marva Dawn

One reason I like to talk about Heaven, think about Heaven and read about Heaven is because, after all, that's where we're…

— David Berg

Life is like a garden. Quite naturally, leaves wither and flowers fade. Only if we clear the decay of the past then…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light…

— Rush Limbaugh

The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office…

— John Calvin

We are neither obstinately nor wilfully to oppose evils, nor truckle under them for want of courage, but that we are naturally…

— Michel de Montaigne

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.'

— Adoniram Judson

If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot!

— Robert Baden-Powell

God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to…

— Billy Graham

We ought to call ourselves Homo clamorans. Noisemaking man.

— Stephen Baxter

We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.

— Greg Boyle

We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.

— Dwight L. Moody

I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

— John Betjeman

It takes a lot of time to get experience, and once you have it you ought to go on using it.

— Benjamin Minge Duggar