Quotes About Obligation

History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.

The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.

If every religious practice that was manadatory was voluntary, and every practice that was voluntary was mandatory, there would be no religions.

The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.

Your King and Country need you.

Every man shall bear his own burden.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights, which they have delivered to our care: we owe it to our posterity, not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

We [God] charge not any soul save to its capacity.

The borrower is servant to the lender.

a person with a position in society has responsibilities

Like many wealthy Americans, he was imbued with a sense of civic responsibility

Part of our obligation is to ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect national security.

As employees, we are all given specific duties and carrying out these duties provides us with a great sense of responsibility.

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.

I can never say no - I hate saying no to anything - so whenever my agent rings up and says, 'I've got a new job for you' or my publicist says, 'you've got to be here on this day,' I'm always like, 'yay, ok, great!'

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.