Obligations Quotes

295 Obligations quotes by 253 unique authors

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
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
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
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
You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose â€” or you can decide now to choose them. — Robert Breault
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
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
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
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
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
Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations,… — Lucas Papademos
Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others. — Tom G. Palmer
The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations… — Andrew Tobias
Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of… — Mary Anne Radmacher
RESPONSIBILITY: Fulfill the obligations that the past posts to me. Embrace the opportunity for service based in love. — Mary Anne Radmacher
I have a lot of obligations. — Isaac Mizrahi
America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then,… — Peter Welch
If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt… — Peter Welch
There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls,… — Aldo Leopold
Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly. — Vaclav Havel

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