We Ought Quotes

549 quotes by 392 authors

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after… — Marcus Aurelius
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this… — Teresa of Avila
He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to… — Robert Barclay
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do,… — Edmund Burke
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun. — George W. Bush
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay… — William J. Clinton
Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we ought to lay… — Watchman Nee
On immigration policy, I believe we ought to call an immediate halt, stop illegal immigration and reduce legal immigration back to about 250,000 to 300,000,… — Pat Buchanan
I don't like the income tax. Every time we talk about these taxes we get around to the idea of 'from each according to his… — T. Coleman Andrews
A year ago Guyana became politically free and independent. She assumed the untrammeled right to make her own decisions on what ought to be done… — Forbes Burnham
We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts,… — C.S. Lewis
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either… — Seneca the Younger
We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs. — Brother Lawrence
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get… — Edward McKendree Bounds
All spiritual prayers have their source in God. God makes known to us what we ought to pray by unfolding to us the need and… — Watchman Nee
We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread. — John Owen
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man. — Dwight L. Moody
We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying not to persuade… — William Barclay

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