Obligations Quotes
295 Obligations quotes by 253 unique authors
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Would you take a billion dollars, if as part of the deal the Earth were made uninhabitable a year after your death? ... well, of…
— John Cleese
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Being a startup entrepreneur is not for everybody and it’s not the only desirable career choice. I also know that many people have families and…
— Mark Suster
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I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be advised to defend…
— Paul Simon
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Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.
— Ibn Taymiyyah
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Before my marriage, I didn’t think about all the obligations that were awaiting me. My experience has proved useful and I think that I have…
— Grace Kelly
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Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive…
— Chieko N. Okazaki
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We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations.
— Gerard Arpey
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If Iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the United States will not continue to negotiate…
— Barack Obama
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Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.
— Barack Obama
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Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the Islamic Republic of…
— Barack Obama
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Obligations may be universal or particular.
— Tom G. Palmer
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Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be…
— Tom G. Palmer
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If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have…
— Jules Massenet
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Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and…
— Hillary Clinton
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The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that is as great…
— Thomas Merton
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Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all, and…
— Charlotte Bronte
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I have lived this life, and no matter what others may decide about it, I must claim each decision as mine. I have caused harm,…
— Meredith Hall
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The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not…
— William Ralph Inge
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You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.
— Robert Breault
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I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my…
— Walker Percy
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In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists alone.…
— Athol Fugard
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Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of…
— Isaac Barrow
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Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up…
— Grace Napolitano
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