Quotes about Obligation
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
- Andrew Carnegie
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
- Andrew Carnegie
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Lao Tzu
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
- St. Augustine
I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.
- Mo Farah
Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.
- David Green
God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.
- John Piper
Respect is what we owe love, what we give.
- Philip James Bailey
The new law requires you to keep perpetual sabbath, and you, because you are idle for one day, suppose you are pious, not
- Philip Schaff
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
- Phillips Brooks
Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.
- Pierre Corneille
Do your duty and leave the rest to the gods.
- Pierre Corneille