Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. — John F. Kennedy
I think when we talk about corporal punishment, and we have to think about our own children, and we are rather reluctant, it seems to… — John F. Kennedy
This fighting-shy of every obligation partly explains the phenomenon, half ridiculous, half disgraceful, Of the setting-up in our days of the platform of "youth" as… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
There is a pleasure in meeting the glance of a person whom we have lately laid under some obligations. — Jean de la Bruyere
Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as… — E. M. Forster
Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be. — James Anthony Froude
You cannot reason people into loving those whom they are not drawn to love; they cannot reason themselves into it; and there are some contrarieties… — James Anthony Froude
In the eyes of those lovers of perfection, a work is never finished a word that for them has no sense but abandoned; and this… — Paul Valery
Moral obligation is to me so very strong a Stimulant, that in 9 cases out of ten it acts as a Narcotic. The Blow that… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, I… — Al Franken
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. — Dick Gephardt
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be… — Phil Crane
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. — James Cromwell
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the… — Andrew Cuomo
In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although… — Larry David
Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If… — Jefferson Davis
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are… — Humphry Davy
December 25th has become guilt and obligation. — Phil Donahue
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. — Wayne Dyer
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. — Wayne Dyer
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step… — Marian Wright Edelman
I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family. — Elizabeth Edwards
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. — George Eliot
To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a… — Gloria Estefan
Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. — Susan Faludi

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