Quotes About Obligation

In order to protect himself from force, man was obliged to submit to justice. Justice or force: he was compelled to choose between the two masters, so little are we made to be independent.

I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us.

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.

The law, that is what makes men stay honest.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.

Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.

What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.

Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.

Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I'm prepared to forget it if they are.

You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!

Debt is the slavery of the free.

When you know how to make money, you're obligated to.

I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.

That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.

Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.

A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.

We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.