Quotes About Obligation

Death is light as a feather; duty, heavy as a mountain

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

Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. So many duties. Egwene.

Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. So many duties.

When we Shienarans ride, every man knows who is next in line if the man in command falls. A chain unbroken right down to the last man left, even if he's nothing but a horseholder. That way, you see, even if he is the last man, he is not just a straggler running and trying to stay alive. He has the command,and duty calls him to do what must be done. If I go to the last embrace of the mother, the duty is yours. You will find the Horn, and you will take it where it belongs. You will.

Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.

We must be back in Shadizar by tomorrow night, and we have matters to settle, you and I, when this is done." "I will look forward to it," Bombatta snarled. "And I," Conan said, starting forward again, "will look back upon it.

We all do as we must, Moiraine's voice from the past returned to his memory. As the Pattern decrees. For some there is less freedom than for others. It does not matter whether we choose or are chosen. What must be, must be.

There was a saying in the Borderlands: "Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather." Once you had that mountain firmly on your shoulders, there was no way to put it down. There was no one else to carry it anyway, and no use whining about

I will do my duty, but I can't wait to lay down this burden.

And what being an adult means is knowing what you have to do and doing it, even though you may not feel like doing it.

The more people you're indebted to, the poorer you are," said rich dad. "And the more people you have indebted to you, the wealthier you are. That's the game.

Heavens no!" said rich dad. "The government always takes its share first.

cannot pay out what is owed to retirees.

Your creditors will definitely scream louder than you," I said, responding to the obvious. "You wouldn't say anything if you didn't pay yourself.

The person who signs the paycheck has the power to enslave another person's body, mind, and soul.

The previous chapter presented diagrams illustrating that most people work for everyone but themselves. They work first for the owners of the company, then for the government through taxes, and finally for the bank that owns their mortgage.

The more people you're indebted to, the poorer you are

Aunt Wellington, of whom Valancy stood in abject awe, would tell her about Olive's new chiffon dress and Cecil's last devoted letter. Valancy would have to look as pleased and interested as if the dress and letter had been hers or else Aunt Wellington would be offended. And Valancy had long ago decided that she would rather offend God than Aunt Wellington, because God might forgive her but Aunt Wellington never would.

Well, one must be a slave to something in this kind of a world,' he said.

Los hombres que vivieron antes que yo han hecho tanto por mí que quiero mostrar mi agradecimiento haciendo algo por los que vendrán después. Me parece que esa es la única manera que cada persona tiene de cumplir con sus obligaciones hacia la raza humana

I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and the brain runs slower, and all you want to do is sleep. But I had promises to keep, and miles to go before I could sleep. Or at least a couple of miracles to perform before I could go to bed.

You either pay as you go with Raina, or you end up owing her, and owing comes with interest, and the interest is hell to pay.

This was how things worked. Period. Short of death (immediate family only), dismemberment (your own), or nuclear war (only if confirmed by the U.S. government to be directly affecting Manhattan), one was to be present. This would be a watershed moment in the Priestly regime.