Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

To be a heretic to-day is almost a human obligation. — Jane Ellen Harrison
I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it. — Dennis Potter
The only obligation I recognize is to say what I believe to be true [ ] and to say it with kindness. I believe that… — Marilynne Robinson
I don't have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn't in human systems. To me that's not optional; that's a moral… — Charlie Munger
To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. — James Monroe
When the individual is relieved of the obligation of self-respect, he acquires the habits of helplessness; he is inclined to retreat to the security of… — Frank Chodorov
Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and… — Michael Lewis
I know I have the mental capacity of a thousand bloggers, but because of that, my obligation to serve God is also that of a… — Mickey Kaus
People really don't like to hear success explained away as luck, especially successful people. As they age and succeed, people feel their success was somehow… — Michael Lewis
I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life… — Jack LaLanne
We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back. — Bill Courtney
Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war. — Karl Brandt
The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering… — Carl Bernstein
I don't care if they're licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained putting guns in their hands is a recipe for disaster. So… — Garry McCarthy
I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life. — Martha Reeves
I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record.… — Roland Gift
Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. — Frank R. Wolf
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.... — Samuel Johnson
Life does not have meaning through mere existence or acquisition or fun. The meaning of life is inherent in the connections we make to others… — Laura Schlessinger
But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards… — Omar Bongo
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans.… — John William Draper
We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best. — Janet Erskine Stuart
There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems… — Cornelia Otis Skinner
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice. — Tom G. Palmer
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it… — David Bentley Hart

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