Obligation Quotes
Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming.
My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.
The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible. Certainly not to be trusted.
I think, with the administration they do Constitutionally-mandated things most of the time, but they don't - they fulfill the letter of their obligation to checks and balances, but not the intent.
You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them.
When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.
Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason.
the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.
That's important, I think, for people who come here to realize that we are here for only a time and we have an obligation of service and we need to keep things in perspective.
It's a complex system we live in to think the actions that we take have consequences beyond the years in which we serve, and we all have an obligation to do what is best for our country.
As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.
My only obligation as a fiction writer is to the story, to make it good, so good the busy reader doesn't feel that flipping those pages was a waste of time. And I still believe that.
The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realisation of a political ideal: it is the discharge of a moral obligation.
In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.
The constitution of the United States declares that "no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts."
It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good
Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.
The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.
I think the obligation of a poet is not to be in an ivory tower; it is not to be isolated but to be among people.
The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves and others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to.
To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are production units, and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests.
Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.
I'm a moderate and a centrist. That means I get flak from both sides. The upside is that I can vote for either party whenever I feel like it without any sense of obligation or betrayal.
If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.
Donald Trump made it clear in that very interview that America will stand by our allies. We will uphold up our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.
Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any money in the 0 balance accounts, they didn't open an empty account.
Modern science is under no obligation to satisfy the expectations of your five senses.
I expect that Trump believes we do not have an obligation to have a Cold War with Russia, but that he is very cautious.
America is still a free country - nobody is saying it isn't - but we accept that, in the face of discernible risk, or even imaginable risk, the government has an obligation to step in and save us.
I have always questioned everything: education, the obligation to memorize, authority. Perhaps that is why I have photographed everything.
There is an obligation both moral, but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.
Mind's requirements and expectations cannot be fulfilled. Existence has no obligation to fulfill mind's requirements and demands. You have to accept existence as it is.
It only says 'Leave' if you have no identification with yourself as a citizen of this country and you feel you have no obligation to pay your fair share.
There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go. Life is like baseball: You only score when you leave home and return home.
Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.
Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.
As disciples of Christ, we have a sacred obligation to uphold His laws and commandments and the covenants which we take upon ourselves.
Although the universe is under no obligation to make sense, students in pursuit of a Ph. D. are.