Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs? — Richard Bach
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation. — Paulo Coelho
The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. — Richard Bach
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live… — Abraham Lincoln
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country,… — Edward Abbey
It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and… — Wallace Stegner
Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. — Ayn Rand
That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in… — Kim Harrison
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent,… — Pope John Paul II
A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation. — Stephen Crane
You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want. — Holly Black
Meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remember that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and do only those… — Paulo Coelho
He believed that life, true life, was something that was stored in music. True life was kept safe in the lines of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin… — Ann Patchett
We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories. — Neil Gaiman
My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right and even obligation… — Camille Paglia
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation — Dan Millman
I think now that being free is not being powerful or rich or well regarded or without obligation but being able to love. To love… — Jeanette Winterson
Life's only obligation, afterall, was to be interesting. — Jeff Lindsay
The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off… — Vera Nazarian
What a sweet and succulent morsel: so soft, so salty, so deliciously delectable, it makes me want to wiggle with delight. You should cook for… — Christopher Paolini
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let… — Elizabeth Gilbert

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