Obligation Quotes

• Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Business, Responsibility

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Ambition, Way

  Thomas Merton, Lawrence Cunningham (1996). “A search for solitude: pursuing the monk's true life”, Harper San Francisco

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• I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Feb 18, 2013

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• I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• Meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remember that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and do only those things in your life that are worth the effort. Only those who do that will understand the great transformations that are yet to be seen.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Effort, Transformation

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• Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

  "Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Promise, American Football

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• Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

  Elie Wiesel

  Giving, Meaning Of Life, Overcoming

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• If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Change, Inspiring, Peace

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• Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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• Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Life, Positive, Hope

  Margaret Mitchell (1936). “Gone with the wind”, Avon Books

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• The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.

  Ray Bradbury

  Alive, Pay, Life Is

  Speech at Eureka College, 1997.

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• The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Fall

  "Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics".

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• As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

  Phil Crane

  Dad, World, Found

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• Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Hateful

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• New occasions teach new duties.

  James Russell Lowell

  Onward And Upward, Duty, Teach

  'The Present Crisis' (1845)

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• Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

  Pliny the Elder

  Strong, Honor

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• Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

  Richard Bach

  Fake People, Truth, Integrity

  Richard Bach (2013). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.47, Random House

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

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Government, Safety, Firsts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

  Samuel Johnson

  Gratitude, Pain, Revenge

  'The Rambler' no. 87 (15 January 1751)

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• To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.

  Pierre Charron

  Worthy

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• If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

  Tom G. Palmer

  Individuality, Born, Command

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.37, Cato Institute

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• A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Government, Political, Taxation

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). “Democracy in America”, p.708, Regnery Publishing

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• You just do it one step at a time.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Steps, One Step At A Time, Women Leadership

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• If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Self Improvement, Slavery

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