Ought Quotes

2904 quotes by 1598 authors

Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If… — Jim Cymbala
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. — Lord Acton
If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge ought not to be built. — Frantz Fanon
We ought to be opening a bottle of wine! — Edith Wharton
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers. — Niccolo Machiavelli
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must be made to… — Unknown Author
You ought to know that October is the first Spring month. — Karel Capek
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with… — Soren Kierkegaard
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget. — William James
I've noticed your hostility towards him... I ought to have guessed you were friends. — Malcolm Bradbury
Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace. — Benedict of Nursia
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed… — Francois Fenelon
The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly, whether you ought… — Malcolm Gladwell
He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what… — Charles Hodge
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is… — Abraham Lincoln

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