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Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful. -- Thomas Hobbes
Obligation is the bitterest thraldom. -- Suzanne Curchod
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. -- Wayne Dyer
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. -- John D. Rockefeller
You do what you want to for Passion, you do what you have to for Obligation. -- Christine Caine
Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force. -- Ashim Shanker
Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great. -- Twyla Tharp
Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning. -- George Eliot
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
We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. -- Barack Obama
I think you have an obligation to be honest. -- Charles Barkley
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. -- Margaret Mitchell
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. -- Richard Bach
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. -- Giovanni Ruffini
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. -- Pierre Charron
Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to. -- Thomas Otway
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. -- Elie Wiesel
If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command? -- Tom G. Palmer
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. -- James Cromwell
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
Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. -- William Gilmore Simms
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel. -- Philip James Bailey
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
I worked a great deal then, as you can only do on a set theme, absolved from the obligation to find a new fact, a new subject every day. -- Rico Lebrun
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
If my attention is wandering, there is somewhere it wants to go, so obviously it does not want to be where I am holding it in the name of some self-styled obligation. -- Hugh Prather
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
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him. -- Anna Julia Cooper
Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me. -- Moustapha Akkad
To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is simply to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. -- William Gilmore Simms
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. -- Dick Gephardt
Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes. -- Dave Reichert
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world. -- Anne Lamott
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process. -- Hillary Clinton
The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing. -- Ricardo Alarcon
Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can. -- Bill Murray
In other words, 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
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
We're born alone. We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that's part of your obligation. -- Bill Murray
I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense of urgency to share what I have seen with others. -- Brian Skerry
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. -- Simone de Beauvoir
I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can. -- Tim Tebow
Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. -- Cat Stevens
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. -- E. O. Wilson
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. -- John F. Kennedy
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards. -- David Soul
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act. -- Andrew Cuomo
When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line? -- Patricia Ireland
So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one. -- Sidney Poitier
My only description for me is that there's no throwaway people. That's the creed that I live by. It doesn't matter if I'm singing or not. That's the kind of person that my father and mother wanted me to be. The end obligation is to make people feel good about who they are. -- Arlo Guthrie
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
Every claim creates an obligation. -- William James
Happiness is a moral obligation -- Dennis Prager
Art has an obligation to offend -- Edward Albee
God primes the pump of obligation. -- Aloysius Martinich
The main obligation is to amuse yourself. -- S. J. Perelman
An obligation to feel can freeze feelings. -- C. S. Lewis
December 25th has become guilt and obligation. -- Phil Donahue
Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility -- Grant Cardone
Life's only obligation, afterall, was to be interesting. -- Jeff Lindsay
The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation. -- Gerard Way
Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.... -- Samuel Johnson
Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Teaching civility is an obligation of the family. -- Stephen Carter
No obligation to do the impossible is binding. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation. -- Paulo Coelho
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. -- George Meredith
Optimizing your strength is not optional, it's an obligation. -- J.R. Rim
Balanced relationships are always based in freedom, not obligation. -- Michael Thomas Sunnarborg
We're under obligation to love - that's the commandment. -- Dorothy Day
The function of art is to struggle against obligation. -- Amedeo Modigliani
It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now. -- Chris Christie
I always felt a weird obligation to be adventurous. -- Bonnie Jo Campbell
I've always had an obligation to creation, above all. -- Nick Cave
When you make an observation, you have an obligation. -- M. K. Asante
I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation. -- Henry Rollins
Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation. -- Barbara Sher
My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations. -- Louis Freeh
To be a heretic to-day is almost a human obligation. -- Jane Ellen Harrison
Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation -- Dan Millman
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. -- Edward R. Murrow
Every nation has a moral obligation to safeguard the future. -- Al Gore
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms. -- George S. Patton
Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. -- Laura Schlessinger
The obligation to endure gives us the right to know. -- Rachel Carson
Islam is under obligation to gain power over all nations. -- Ibn Khaldun
It's my obligation to take out all the 'wrong' pictures. -- Jay Maisel
People have an obligation to live up to their potential. -- Bette Midler
My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations. -- Louis Freeh
The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace. -- Gustav Heinemann
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation. -- Mahatma Gandhi
An obligation is something which constrains or induces us to act. -- Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. -- G. Edward Griffin
Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try. -- Hakeem Olajuwon
My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. -- Jude Law
If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to. -- Cassandra Clare
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation. -- Stephen Crane
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim. -- Elijah Muhammad
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty. -- Decimus Laberius
Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. -- Eugene Ionesco
With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation -- Edison Haines
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those accept an obligation lightly who feel lightly about letting it drop. -- Rainis
Living at peace with everyone...is not an option, it's an obligation. -- Alistair Begg
Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war. -- Karl Brandt
Your highest obligation to other people is to be your highest self. -- Rory Vaden
The president has an obligation to serve all the people of America. -- Karl Rove
Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. -- Ellen Page
Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything. -- Stephen Sondheim
Being imposes some kind of obligation to find out what's going on. -- Terence McKenna
Reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but ... hypotheses may not. -- Jorge Luis Borges
Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation. -- Bob Ufer
No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts. -- Lysander Spooner
The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation. -- William J. Clinton
Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted. -- Ugo Betti

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