Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

We compromise ourselves the day we are born. If we are looking for the original sin, there it is- our incapacity to live honestly with… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another… — Wallace Stegner
Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever. — Douglas Adams
Much as I have no wish to hurt anyone's feelings, my first obligation has not been to be nice but to be true to my… — Edward Said
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The rains would end, and when they did, Ian and I would be together, partners in the truest sense. This was a promise and an… — Stephenie Meyer
As ministers we ought to speak of God. We are human, however, and so cannot speak of God. We ought therefore to recognize both our… — Karl Barth
Women have been driven mad, “gaslighted”, for centuries by the refutation of our experience and our instincts in a culture which validates only male experience.… — Adrienne Rich
I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal… — Jo Nesbo
Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible. — Dean Koontz
Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of them immediately. What… — Nick Hornby
The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's… — Paulo Coelho
The American president increasingly used his influence to create conflicts, intensify existing conflicts, and, above all, to keep conflicts from being resolved peacefully. For years… — Adolf Hitler
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be… — Ayn Rand
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence… — Chinua Achebe
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. — Chinua Achebe
But do you know why we are always more just and generous toward the dead? The reason is simple. With them there is no obligation.… — Albert Camus
What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of disappointing others. — Alain de Botton
Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are… — Judith McNaught
The person healed has an obligation to then ask why— to meditate on God's will, and the extraordinary lengths to which God has gone to… — Stephen King
When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that… — Francis Chan
It was a bit warm. Still. If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to. One should wear everything, or one should wear… — Cassandra Clare
[Friendship] is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in marriage or the family, it is… — Wallace Stegner
If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to. — Cassandra Clare
Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the… — John Ruskin

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