Quotes About Obligation

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.

Our obligation to the people we serve is too important to place politics and partisanship before progress and results.

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we don't want to do it.

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.

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Helping is not, as conventionally thought, a charitable act that is praiseworthy to do but not wrong to omit. It is something that everyone ought to do.

Man has responsibility, not power.

It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously.

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Daniel Hernandez told Judge Tynan that Richard didn't want to attend the jury selection; Tynan said that he had to, whether he wanted to or not.

a gamer's enemy is social obligation: responsibilities, time management, dealing with real people and taking real risks.

Respect is what we owe love, what we give.

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.

The new law requires you to keep perpetual sabbath, and you, because you are idle for one day, suppose you are pious, not

Nixon's view was that the operation was soundly based in International Law, specifically the Hague Convention of 1907: "A neutral country has the obligation not to allow its territory to be used by a belligerent. If the neutral country is unwilling or unable to prevent this, the other belligerent has the right to take appropriate counteraction."22

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Some kinds of literature demand to be treated respectfully. The obligation is on the reader to live up to them and not so much on them to entertain the reader.

A son may choose never to listen to a father, but a father, as Greene saw as well as anyone, is always bound to a son, and real disinheritance is hard. Another advantage virtual fathers have.

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it.

Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to the gods.

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.