Quotes About Obligation

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

The borrower is servant to die lender.

Am I my brother's keeper?

A man isn't a man until he has to meet a payroll.

Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

Life is the acceptance of responsibilities, or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations, or avoiding them.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Owe no man anything.

Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty, too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.

No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

Men hesitate less to injure a man who makes himself loved than to injure one who makes himself feared, for their love is held by a chain of obligation which, because of men's wickedness, is broken on every occasion for the sake of selfish profit; but their fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.

Happy the man who knows his duties!

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required.

The road to democracy is not a freeway. It is a toll road on which we pay by accepting and carrying out our civic responsibilities.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

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.

Happy [is] the man who knows his duties!