Quotes About Obligation

Humans have made a huge hole in nature in the last 10,000 years. [With de-extinction,] we have the ability now, and maybe the moral obligation, to repair some of the damage.

In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few rivers in their natural state should be considered an obligation.

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

Socrates' way of life is the consequence of his recognition that we can know what it is that we do not know about the most important things and that we are by nature obliged to seek that knowledge.

Nature holds an immense uncollected debt over every man's head.

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.

And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost.

All must pay the debt of nature.

Freedom without responsibility? What freedom is that? None at all.

Thank God ever morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it or not.

Accuse not Nature she hath done her part Do thou but thine!

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.

Living at peace with everyone...is not an option, it's an obligation.

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals.

One's love for his country is a very sacred emotion that is intertwined with their sense of moral obligation and is an essential part of one's identity.

Friendship is not an obligation or duty. It is a sweet responsibility.