Quotes about Obligation
Everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. - as spoken by Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame Coach
- Lou Holtz
There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor the other of my detestation. This kind of dissimulation...is a necessary branch of wisdom, and so far from being immoral...that it is a duty and a virtue.
- John Adams
The price of greatness is responsibility." That
- John Maxwell
Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.
- John Maxwell
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation
- Samuel Johnson
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
- Wayne Dyer
In India, I learned a proverb that may seem somewhat heartless: "The tears of strangers are only water." It means we are obligated to help only our own; if others have a problem, we wish them well, but it's their problem.
- Dinesh D'Souza
We need to realize, my friend, that you and I are creatures, creatures of God, and as creatures of God, we owe Him something.
- J. Vernon McGee
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
- James Allen
Duty cannot exist without faith
- Benjamin Disraeli
Still paying, still to owe. Eternal woe!
- John Milton
A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged; what burden then?
- John Milton