Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and… — Jodi Picoult
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. — G. Edward Griffin
Were God to show grace to all of Adam's descendants, men would at once conclude that He was righteously compelled to take them to heaven… — Arthur W. Pink
Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe… — Wallace Stegner
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege… — George S. Patton
...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a… — George S. Patton
This church does not belong to its President. Its head is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name each of us has taken upon ourselves. We… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I think women dwell quite a bit on the duress under which they work, on how hard it is just to do it at all.… — Toni Morrison
Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation… — Thomas Merton
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams — David McCullough
Today, women have access to the technological capacity to do anything to our bodies in the struggle for "beauty", but we have yet to evolve… — Naomi Wolf
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real… — Anne Lamott
True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers… — Albert Camus
He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship. — Sarah Vowell
The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as… — Sarah Monette
Everything I’ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this time with these… — Thomas Friedman
It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy.… — Ellen G. White
We must each walk through life on our own, but we don't have to do it alone. God wants a powerful people. He gives His… — Sheri L. Dew
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind. — Aaron Sorkin
I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely… — Peter Cameron
The main obligation is to amuse yourself. — S. J. Perelman
I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when… — Saul Bellow
Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral… — Andre Gide
Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago.… — Wilhelm Reich

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