Quotes About Obligation

Though age will naturally exempt a person from personal service, it cannot exempt him from his share of the charge, because the men are raised for the defence of property and liberty jointly.

For one of these responsibilities is to promote the welfare, including the spiritual welfare, of all created persons; God could no more choose to create persons without accepting that responsibility than human parents can choose to raise children without acquiring an obligation to promote their welfare.

Even the Augustinians, I would note, seem prepared to acknowledge this much: because God has forgiven us and has commanded us to forgive others, we have an obligation to forgive; we have no right, that is, not to forgive. But why , I would ask of them, has God commanded us to forgive others? Is it not precisely because, given the Christian view of the world, forgiveness is the just and proper response to sin? Is it not because the sinner, who yet retains the image of God, deserves forgiveness?

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love." — Thomas Traherne

A man may as well go to hell for not working in his calling, as for not believing.

Are you not sunk in the mires of a household?

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.

The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against.

When I go home, I still have to clean my room; I still have to do the dishes. We have somebody come every now and then to do that stuff, but my mom still makes me clean before she comes.

If the country has invested in the training of doctors or nurses or midwives for that matter, people are beginning to say, 'Should we not ask them to serve a number of years in the country who invested in their training?' I think this is now coming to be an interesting discussion.

Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

There's nothing more riveting than a contractually obligated 'Housewife' sit-down.

Would a good friend, a smart friend, encourage you to do something as dishonorable as not pay a bill you're morally and legally obligated to pay? I don't think so.

People can just put their cash away and continue to make money and never give back because they just do not care, but I immediately felt obligated to use my influence for good things.

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our work to protect and liberate ourselves.

People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who need it.