Quotes with obligation

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  • Pliny the Elder Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
    Pliny the Elder
    Roman author, naturalist and natural (23 - 79)
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  • Cat Stevens Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Bill Haslam Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our constitution prohibits.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Bob Diamond My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap, individuals who don't work in the U.K. and are competing with U.S., German or Asian banks, they should look at all these factors.
    Bob Diamond
    Anglo-American banker (1951 - )
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  • Charles Edward Jerningham Never lay others under an obligation; it generally obliges them to detest you.
    The maxims of Marmaduke
    Charles Edward Jerningham
    English aphorist (1854 - 1921)
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  • Elie Wiesel None of us is in a position to eliminate war, but it is our obligation to denounce it and expose it in all its hideousness. War leaves no victors, only victims.
    Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • John S. Bonnell Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • Bobby Scott One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Alberto Moravia Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.
    Alberto Moravia
    Italian writer (ps. by Alberto Pincherle) (1907 - 1990)
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  • Carl Sagan Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves, but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 54 min 25 sec
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • George Meredith Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Wayne Dyer Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Noam Chomsky Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Evelyn Waugh Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Ang Lee Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Bill Murray 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.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • E. B. White The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Thomas Hobbes The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Henry James The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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