Quotes about Obligation

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

What if...what if that is the price one has to pay for staying on? Perhaps that is how they look at it: perhaps that is how I should look at it too. They see me as owing something. They see themselves as debt collectors, tax collectors. Why should I be allowed to live here without paying?

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

Unfortunately, many of us often spend our lives doing what we were trained to do. Some do what they were asked to do. And most of us do what others need us to do. And all the while, we wonder why the feeling of fulfillment eludes us.

In my relationship with God, I've learned that if I follow a 'formula' for how I spend my time with Him, then I'm just accomplishing a checklist of things I feel obligated to do to please Him. This makes my spiritual life more about doing what I need to do to fulfill an obligation than something meaningful.

If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of story.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.