Obligation Quotes - Page 27

• I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Men, Needs, Looks

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• We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness. True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible. One feels the attraction of one’s most intimate sources. In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives. The more coherent one becomes within oneself as a creature, the more fully one enters into the communion of all creatures.

  Wendell Berry

  Loneliness, Wild Places, Voice

  Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.11, Counterpoint

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• We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we are already tired of. To do the voices, to make it interesting, and not to stop reading to them just because they learn to read to themselves. Use reading-aloud time as bonding time, as time when no phones are being checked, when the distractions of the world are put aside.

  Neil Gaiman

  Children, Reading, Tired

  Neil Gaiman (2016). “The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction”, p.14, HarperCollins

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• I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, Growing Up, Real

  John Taylor Gatto (2000). “A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling”

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• I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.

  Jon Foreman

  Decision, Debt, Lyrical

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• Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Reason, Horns, Given

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• Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy for sale's sake, but rather it was my obligation to use the medium for discussion. Nobody's discussing the grown-up topics; they are faking and fronting.

  Chuck D

  Reality, Hard Times, People

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• But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh

  Bob Newhart

  Believe, People, Laughing

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• We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are.

  Mark Nepo

  Who We Are, Born

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.11, Conari Press

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• Our thoughts and actions must in no way be determined by the approval or disapproval of our time, but by the binding obligation to a truth which we have recognized.

  Adolf Hitler

  Way, Approval, Determined

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but if you're asked to be in a wedding, you're gonna have to fork over some cash.

  Kristen Wiig

  Wedding, People, Cash

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.

  Erwin McManus

  Growing Up, Fall, Passion

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2006). “Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul”, p.7, Thomas Nelson

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• Im a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so Im never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.

  Frank Abagnale

  Moral, Honest, Employers

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• It's time for the Americans to say they're going to live up to their obligations and return the dollars that have been illegally taken from Canadians.

  Gordon Campbell

  Taken, Dollars, Return

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• When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.

  Simon Callow

  Cheer, Children, Grieving

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• My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

  Louis J. Freeh

  Criminals, Roles, Investigation

  "Louis Freeh says he 'distrusted' Bill Clinton". www.today.com. October 10, 2005.

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• I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

  David Guterson

  Thinking, Share, Knows

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• The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking man can avoid a like obligation.

  Ronald Fisher

  Science, Men, Thinking

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• I think we ought to all take a step back and remember where we were 24, 48 hours ago, a week ago, two weeks ago - the prospect that was hanging out there that America would not honor its obligations for the first time in its history, and the impact that would have on our economy and the global economy.

  Jay Carney

  Thinking, Two, America

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• When God put everybody here, I don't think that he had a master plan of a pecking order. That's not what you see in the Bible. I disagree with that notion, so in my estimation, we've all been put on this planet to share it. It is our duty and our obligation and our responsibility to make sure that we've done so in the proper fashion.

  Corey Feldman

  Fashion, Responsibility, Thinking

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• We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

  Gary L. Francione

  Animal, Thinking, Moral

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• As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

  People, Directors, Boards

  "Edgar Bronfman Jr. Steps Down as Warner Music Group Chairman" by Lucas Shaw, www.thewrap.com. December 5, 2011.

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• I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

  Curtis Joseph

  Kids, Responsibility, Thinking

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• I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.

  Naveen Jain

  Country, Dream, Responsibility

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• On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Home, Responsibility, Order

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