Quotes About Obligation

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

The only certainties in life are death and taxes.

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

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.

The daily life is so wearisome; yet duty lies that way.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.

Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better.

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.

The Lord only demands of us what is within our capabilities.

I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.

My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

What was she thinking before she jumped? She must have forgotten about her duties to her country, and her family too. Did she think about her granddaughter rushing back from Shandong for the funeral? Did she remember her blind sister? I

relieved no one of the obligation to judge right from wrong. But it did require subjecting the past to skepticism, to look to beginnings not to justify ends, but to question them—with evidence.

I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience.

immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law. "I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience.

For every promise, there is price to pay.

A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible [CIC 916].