Obligation Quotes - Page 18

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

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Majority, Citizens, Adequate

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• Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Creativity, Giving, Attention

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• We must always meet our obligation to those who fall behind without our assistance. But let's remember, without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence - in education or any other walk of life.

  Ronald Reagan

  Fall, Race, Broken

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Fathering imposed an obligation that was more than your money, your body, or your time, a presence neither physical nor measurable by clocks: open-ended, eternal, and invisible, like the commitment of gravity to the stars.

  Michael Chabon

  Stars, Commitment, Body

  Michael Chabon (2012). “Telegraph Avenue”, p.13, HarperCollins UK

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• I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to Society. But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village. The thought of some work will run in my head and I am not where my body is - I am out of my senses. In my walks I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods, if I am thinking of something out of the woods?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Running, Morning, Thinking

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.395, Penguin

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• It is the obligation of every person who claims to oppose oppression to resist the oppressor by every means at his or her disposal. Not to engage in physical resistance, armed resistance to oppression, is to serve the interests of the oppressor; no more, no less. There are no exceptions to the rule, no easy out.

  Assata Shakur

  Mean, Exception To The Rule, Resistance

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• Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Writing, Not Good Enough, Greed

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• See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation - to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Acceptance, Blessing, Self

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be advised to defend every love, every ending, or maybe there's no obligations now. Maybe I've a reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland.

  Paul Simon

  Travel, Believe, May

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• There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the attacks of Islam. Today every Christian has an opportunity and obligation to present the gospel effectively and in Christian love to the Muslims who have permeated our Western society. When your neighbor, your mechanic, your favorite basketball player, your employer or employee, or even your children's friends could very well be Muslims, the need for proper understanding and an effective Christian witness is abundantly clear.

  Josh McDowell

  Basketball, Christian, Jesus

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• True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Luxury, Paper, Able

  "The All New Ashton Kutcher Story!" by Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. February 14, 2013.

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• Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Sin, Committed, Fulfilled

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• There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Challenges, Faults, Moral

  Oriana Fallaci (2002). “The Rage and the Pride”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world.

  John Barth

  Writing, Interesting, World

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• We have a moral obligation to act happy even if we don't feel it

  Dennis Prager

  Moral, Feels, Ifs

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• Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight.

  Bayard Rustin

  Fighting, Gay, Thinking

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• Don't confuse drive and passion. Drive pushes you forward. It's a duty, an obligation. Passion pulls you. It's the sense of connection you feel when the work you do expresses who you are. Only passion will get you through the tough times.

  Randy Komisar

  Passion, Tough Times, Connections

  Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback (2001). “The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living”, p.93, Harvard Business Press

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• I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them.

  Helen Reddy

  Marriage, Thinking, Two

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• Before my marriage, I didn’t think about all the obligations that were awaiting me. My experience has proved useful and I think that I have a natural propensity to feel compassion for people and their problems.

  Grace Kelly

  Thinking, Compassion, People

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• If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

  Brian Baird

  Real, Government, Tough Questions

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• Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your brain will lie to you. It loves the paycheck, it loves positive feedback. Your gut is under no obligation to make you feel good.

  Gail Simone

  Lying, Writing, Editors

  "Survival Tips for the Newbie Writer" by Gail Simone, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2011.

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• The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed, this is a moral obligation. If the world of chess should remain deaf to its obligation, on the other hand, it would amount to an absolutely unforgivable omission, carrying with it a heavy burden of guilt.

  Aron Nimzowitsch

  Omission, Hands, Champion

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• Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive seasons of your life. Cherish your agency, and don’t give it away casually. Don’t compare yourself to others — nearly always this will make you despondent. Don’t accept somebody else’s interpretation of how you should be spending your time. Make the best decision you can and then evaluate it to see how it works.

  Chieko N. Okazaki

  Wise, Children, Emotional

  Chieko N. Okazaki (1993). “Lighten Up!”, Deseret Book Company

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• 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.

  Seth Godin

  Believe, Thinking, Games

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.135, Penguin

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• God's love for us is uncoerced and so freely given that it does not demand a response. But so freely is it given that it creates freedom in the recipient, so that our response is not one of obligation or duty, nor the returning of a favor, but uncoerced love.

  Mark Galli

  Doe, Demand, Favors

  Mark Galli (2011). “Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit”, p.77, Baker Books

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