Quotes About Obligation

It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted.

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

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.

I'm all about living however you want, but if you make the decision to get married and have children, then you have an obligation to raise them in an environment that isn't going to ruin them, warp their perception of the world, or close doors for them.

Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers' roll.

But I've been called: I've got to go. You know what that's like. You answered the call of your boots.' 'That was a joke!' said Tess, unexpectedly offended.

There are two sacred causes in this world," he said, holding up his pinkie and ring finger. "Chance and necessity. By chance, I was there to help when you had need.

Why must duty require me to break my own heart?

Cutting losses was the watchword, as was throwing responsibility onto the shoulders of Indians. 'You asked us to quit. We will oblige. Now it's up to you.' The argument was irrefutable, but it was not as if earlier Indian demands had always been met.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill.

To live without duties is obscene.

Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.

To perform one's duty is the greatest service to God.

If it is asked whether the wise man derives any benefit from the discharge of domestic duties, it may be answered that, as he has already attained the state of complete satisfaction which is the sum total of all benefits and the highest good of all, he does not stand to gain anything more by discharging family duties.

This premillennialism, the doctrine that Christ would return to rapture the Church before the millennium, had broad implications for the social ethics of evangelicals. Society, this new rubric insisted, was careening toward judgment; it could never be reclaimed for Christ, short of His return to establish the millennium. Despite the continuation of some evangelical reform efforts, this notion relieved evangelicals of the obligation to labor for the amelioration of social ills.

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

WE'VE PLACED a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities. Rights have to come from somewhere, and they come from the community. In return, all of us have a responsibility to the community. Some people call this the "communitarian" movement, but I call it common sense. This

The feeling of 'having done one's duty' makes everyone into their own honourable executioner.

No conseguir cumplir una tarea, la que fuera, me hacía sentir en deuda con el mundo entero y sobre todo con lo poco o mucho que yo fuera.

All churches have a gospel-motivated obligation actively to teach and honor and promote marriage, for the display of the gospel in our world of confusion and despair

Every day carries with it a responsibility.

I'm certainly not above the law.