Quotes About Obligation

You don't owe your country nothing," I remember him telling me. "You owe it something, and depending on what happens, you might owe it your life.

You don't owe your country nothing," I remember him telling me. "You owe it something, and depending on what happens, you might owe it your life." The way my father put it completely turned the issue around for me: suddenly the draft card wasn't so much an obligation as a chance to be part of something bigger than myself.

The idea that we can enjoy the benefits of society while owing nothing in return is literally infantile. Only children owe nothing.

We who are given the fullness of true Christianity are obliged to be working on ourselves, to be watching the signs of the times, and to be extremely joyful, as St. Paul is constantly saying: 'Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say: Rejoice!' (Phil. 4:4). We rejoice because we have something which all the death and corruption of this world cannot take away, that is, the eternal Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Flynn Berry wrote that you should never use the word "opportunity." It's not an opportunity, it's an obligation. I don't think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.

Those who served both the Almighty and secular lords did their best to follow Jesus's teachings and render unto Caesar the things which were Caesar's, and unto God the things that were God's, all the while praying they'd never have to choose between the two.

Our position in life should never determine our posture in service.

A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There's no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron)

You were first-string running back last year. What happened?" – Coach "Stone's mouth happened. It needed to be closed, and I was a little too obliging to shut it." – Nick

Lady, right now you could tell me to throw myself under a bus to make you happy, and I'd oblige you. (Xypher)

Yes, sir?" – Sundown "Is there a problem?" – Officer 'Uh, yeah. You people are bugging the shit out of me when I need to be rocketing home.' – Sundown

We only borrow the breaths we take in life. Every breath we borrow we give back, including our last. In the end, no matter how we lived, we all die feeling owed.

A running theme in my life is my inability to say no to anything.

If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.

Doubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard.

Life is moral responsibility.

Marriage is primarily an economic arrangement, an insurance pact. It differs from the ordinary life insurance agreement only in that it is more binding, more exacting.

Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.

Life owes me a living worth living. Yes, Eden regarded life as her debtor, she its relentless paymaster.

To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.

There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go. Life is like baseball: You only score when you leave home and return home.

Sometimes to do the right thing, we must keep a promise we never made.