Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him:… — Anne Desclos
Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, the place to love and… — Louise Erdrich
Life is an 'open-book' exam, but the problem is that most of the students don't have the 'book', or refuse to open it-a fact that… — Neal A. Maxwell
So young a child ought to know which way she's going, even if she doesn't know her own name! — Lewis Carroll
Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all… — David Livingstone
I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's… — David Livingstone
He who died for us, and Whom we ought to copy, did more for us than we can do for any one else. He endured… — David Livingstone
The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because… — Leo Tolstoy
Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People don't think of writers as sex objects. The women who write to me and suggest that we ought to have sex usually turn out… — Dave Barry
To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if… — Peter Claver
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we… — Teresa of Avila
We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should… — Saint John Chrysostom
Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard… — Thomas Paine
Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises in its wrath… — Lyman Abbott
Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be… — John F. Kennedy
And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents. — John Engler
Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors. — Frederic Farrar
It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to real threats to… — Ron Paul
I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it,… — Tahir Shah
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do. — Mencius
You know how to split atoms, how to send explorers to the moon, how to splice genes, but you don't know how people ought to… — Daniel Quinn
We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon. — Adrian Rogers
Arakawa: I'd follow three simple rules: 1) Never go within two kilometres of circus freaks. 2) Never go near the butcher shop in Dublith. 3)… — Hiromu Arakawa
If we have the truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed. — J. Reuben Clark

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