Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. — Alexis de Tocqueville
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. — Alan Turing
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. — Desmond Tutu
In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. — Desmond Tutu
I was told by my grandfather who was a minister that we all were put here on earth to be of service to one another,… — Dionne Warwick
The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation. — Gerard Way
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his… — Simone Weil
And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness… — Adam Weishaupt
Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! — Joss Whedon
When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life. — Joss Whedon
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. — Elie Wiesel
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues… — E. O. Wilson
Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform… — Ron Wyden
Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that… — Julian Baggini
After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion… — Martin Filler
The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive. — Ralph Waite
Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the… — Paul Auster
She felt detached from her family, and thought it strange how they had lavished so much attention on her, as a child, and then at… — John Irving
Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what they lack in… — Dorothy Parker
it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself.… — Madeleine L'Engle
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. — Jean Anouilh

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