Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. — Pliny the Elder
Art has an obligation to offend — Edward Albee
One does not have to sleep with, or even touch, someone who has paid for your meal. All those obligations are hereby rendered null and… — Cynthia Heimel
Ever since I had my first child I have been passionate in my commitment to preserve our precious resources for my children and their children's… — Kyra Sedgwick
The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. — James A. Michener
I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me, if I don't… — Truman Capote
Rule one of reading other people's stories is that whenever you say 'well that's not convincing' the author tells you that's the bit that wasn't… — Neil Gaiman
One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the… — Denise Levertov
I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to… — James A. Michener
We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to… — Margaret Bourke-White
Should one break in and free the animals? That is illegal, but the obligation to obey the law is not absolute. It was justifiably broken… — Peter Singer
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their… — Jean Rostand
Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to… — Mahatma Gandhi
The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim it without any… — Pope Pius XII
I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain… — Barack Obama
I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in… — Barack Obama
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality… — Margaret Thatcher
No man in this country is under the smallest obligation, moral or otherwise, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or his property… — Unknown Author
Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming. — John McCain
Grace binds you with far stronger cords than the cords of duty or obligation can bind you. Grace is free, but when once you take… — E. Stanley Jones
As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic priest, both together… — Adolf Hitler
Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty… — Pope Francis
Our human responsibility for animal rights, plant rights, and the rights of the earth to its health and wholeness is self-evident. Whatever our beliefs about… — Densey Clyne
The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men. — Reinhold Niebuhr
I've got enough money in my life to retire now and do nothing. But I've got a duty and obligation to see if we can… — Clive Palmer

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