Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have… — Alexander Hamilton
Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and… — Grenville Kleiser
"We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work." — John Hickenlooper
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… — Alexis Carrel
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations,… — John F. Kennedy
Bullshit is unavoidable when circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus, the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a… — Harry Frankfurt
Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is… — Ben Ames Williams
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit… — Bergen Evans
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these… — Plutarch
There are some weapons that are just so dangerous that society has a right and the obligation even to take those weapons out of circulation. — Unknown Author
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country… — George S. Patton
A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... — Robert Green Ingersoll
I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those… — Rob Lowe
Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal… — Jim Abbott
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. — Bergen Evans
It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to extend… — Benjamin Banneker
In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations… — Peter Cosgrove
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and… — Patrick Dodson
I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is asked to do.… — Densey Clyne
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as… — Harrison Schmitt

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