Obligation Quotes
Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
It is a friend's duty that he does not leave his friend in a difficult position but provide intimacy and support to him. In difficulty who leaves is a false and the one not quitting is a true friend.
We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.
It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation.
I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy.
I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.
It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to - to prove you're client's guilt.
Fate is an obligation I don't understand--the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.
We were not born with guilt nor obligation. When you give in to guilt, you endorse it.
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave .
There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.
The law is a powerful thing but the law doesn't always change what's in people's hearts. And so all of us have an obligation to think about how we're treating other people.
It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.
I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.
Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.
The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice.
It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.
Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.
If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.
We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.
Once you have become the centre of a conflict in a complex governmental enterprise you have the obligation to resign.
It was a bit warm. Still. If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to. One should wear everything, or one should wear nothing at all.
No matter how we suffer, we have an obligation to others. We have to be unselfish enough to try to live in the right way, so others can get through their own lives without us fouling them up.
Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.
I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.
As governor of Ohio, I have an obligation to keep the 11.5 million people in Ohio safe. And we have been very effective with our Joint Terrorism Task Force, being able to make busts.
It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now and never let her get within 10 miles of the White House again.
My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.
I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.
Progressive Consequentialsm requires us to make the world better but we are under no obligation to bring about the best possible world.
Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.
You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.
If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.
If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.
Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.
