Quotes About Obligation

Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason.

Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

Respect!'' cried Mother's voice. ''Children owe respect to their parents! We don't have to earn it!

The things we do pile up on us, weigh us down. Or hold us in place, at very least.

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.

Do come now, said he..., pray come, you must come, I declare you shall come.

It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same time addressed in such a way as to oblige one to do the very thing - whatever it be!

There is one thing...which a man can always do, if he chuses[sic], and that is, his duty.

though I always imagined from her increasing friendship for us since her husband's death that we should, at some future period, be obliged to receive her.

If I mistake not, a strong sense of duty is no bad part of a woman's portion.

The promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed.

There is always one thing a man can do, if he so chooses, and that is his duty.

Resignation to inevitable evils is the evil duty of us all; the

Mi spazientisce oltremisura quando fanno finta di chiedermi, di darmi una scelta, e nello stesso tempo si rivolgono in modo tale da obbligarmi a fare quella cosa… di qualsiasi cosa si tratti!

He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do a great deal.

Precious as was the company of her daughter to her, she desired nothing so much as to give up its constant enjoyment to her valued friend; and to see Marianne settled at the mansion-house was equally the wish of Edward and Elinor. They each felt his sorrows, and their own obligations, and Marianne, by general consent, was to be the reward of all.

He became what he ought to be: useful to his father, steady and quiet, and not living merely for himself.

He had not forgiven Anne Elliot. She had used him ill, deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shewn a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure. She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It

These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.

There is one thing (...) a man can always do, if he chooses, and that is, his duty: not by maneuvering and finessing, but by vigor and resolution.

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

She had used him ill, deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shewn a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure. She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It had been weakness and timidity.