Obligation Quotes

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

The most basic obligation we have to our veterans is that we keep the promises that were made to them. That is what makes the recent failures of the Veterans Administration so shameful.

Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak.

Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.

He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations.

When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win.

Shouldn't atheist have an equal obligation to explain pleasure in a world of randomness. Where does pleasure come from?

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption

I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say something useful. If I'm going to spend a year of my life on these things, I want something that I feel that strongly about.

Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be.

The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these laws.

What then is your duty? What the day demands.

I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis.

The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.

Do you look forward to going to church, or is it something you do out of obligation?

Do not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions.

Choose the whole of your environment, things and events, based upon the value, meaning and function they hold. Do not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions.

Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

I know I have the mental capacity of a thousand bloggers, but because of that, my obligation to serve God is also that of a thousand bloggers

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths

When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.

December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace.

The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive.

My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.

Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs?

I worked a great deal then, as you can only do on a set theme, absolved from the obligation to find a new fact, a new subject every day.

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

President Obama believes that we have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave our land, water, and wildlife better than we found it.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

It's our job to do everything possible to keep the international community's focus on MH17. That's our obligation to the victims and their loved ones.

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

The obligation on us is to communicate the truth so that it is understood. The belief will take care of itself.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If your voice is heard by more people because you've earned some kind of name and fame, your silence on an issue of urgent moral importance is even more of a betrayal. Privilege is obligation.

I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas.

The consultant's first obligation is to the patient, not to his brother physician.

For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.

I was reading a lot of Thomas Jefferson at the time, and Jefferson said that every 20 years, if one party has stayed in power, it's your obligation as an American to vote the other party in.