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Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents? -- Madame de Stael
Every sacrament meeting ought to be a spiritual feast. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. -- Diogenes
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. -- Phaedrus
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. -- Henrik Ibsen
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. -- Florence Nightingale
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better. -- Pablo Picasso
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. -- John Locke
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners. -- Jim Elliot
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages. -- Sam Houston
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep. -- Chanakya
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. -- Adam Smith
I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense... But it's unquestionably good escapist literature, and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter or recovering from flu. -- Georgette Heyer
Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life. -- Saint Ignatius
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. -- Saint Ambrose
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! -- Winston Churchill
I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. -- Jimmy Carter
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy. -- Saint Ambrose
The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: 'A funny little man asked me to marry him.' -- Julian Fellowes
A good breeder or experienced rescue agency wants you to prove that you'll be a capable caretaker. The interrogation and screening can be annoying, but it's also a sign that you're on the right track. A breeder ought to know if you work long hours away from home, have a fenced yard, have kids or other animals, or if you have access to parks. -- Jon Katz
You ought to dance. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to forgive. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to read daily. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Families ought to be noisy. -- Benjamin Franklin
We ought to pray persistently. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Everybody ought to relish profitability. -- Rush Limbaugh
Everybody ought to relish profitability. -- Rush Limbaugh
You ought to dare great things. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to courageously live life -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Every child ought to be educated. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Old men ought to be explorers. -- T. S. Eliot
We ought to disarm Germany completely. -- George William Norris
We ought to seek daily grace. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to love one another -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Autobiographies ought to begin with Chapter Two. -- Ellery Sedgwick
Private businesses ought to get to discriminate. -- John Stossel
We ought to be bragging about Florida! -- Rick Scott
Who sows virtue ought to reap honour. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Someone ought to get Haymitch a drink. -- Suzanne Collins
If you ought to know, educate yourself. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Theodore Dreiser Should ought to write nicer. -- Theodore Dreiser
Dostoevski informs everybody; or he ought to. -- David Foster Wallace
Usage ain't always a matter of ought. -- Roy Blount, Jr.
We ought to make the pie higher. -- George W. Bush
We ought to live life by faith. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to follow your inner voice. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
There ought to be limits to freedom. -- George W. Bush
I can turn every "is" into "ought ". -- Kevin DeYoung
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal. -- Livy
You ought to be curious and daring. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
War ought to be no man's wish. -- Thomas Paine
A free people ought...to be armed -- George Washington
Every man ought to plant a tree. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples. -- J. C. Ryle
We ought to consider the end in everything. -- Jean de La Fontaine
You ought to mediate on the Scriptures daily. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Chemistry ought to be not for chemists alone. -- Miguel de Unamuno
We ought to celebrate the sacredness of life. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to be passionate about your dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
People's clothes ought to be buried with them. -- Dodie Smith
You ought to welcome troubled-souls with your peaceful-spirits. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
There ought to be a law against necessity. -- Yip Harburg
Perhaps people ought to feel with more imagination. -- Elliot Perlman
You ought to welcome troubled-souls with your peaceful-spirit. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to write grateful gratitude every day -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be. -- Arthur Herzog
You ought to pursue love and spiritual sacred-gifts. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Hillary Clinton ought to be ashamed of herself. -- Donald Trump
I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces -- Jackie Robinson
You ought to live life with great passion. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
People ought to quit talking to the press. -- Terry McAuliffe
The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to. -- B. C. Forbes
The most happy ought to wish for death. -- Seneca the Younger
Someone ought to write a novel about me, -- Catherynne M. Valente
We ought to live the fullness of life. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to live in the marvellous light. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
A liar ought to have a good memory. -- Quintilian
You ought to thirst for the living water. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to be patient at all times. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
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We ought to test for the living water. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to face our destiny with courage. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
You ought to travel on your own path. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to give thanks to the Lord. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You ought to endure eagerly every situation with hope. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We ought to call ourselves Homo clamorans. Noisemaking man. -- Stephen Baxter
We ought to encourage, build and strengthen one another. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I think they ought to be treated equally. Period. -- Gerald R. Ford
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. -- St. Jerome
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. -- Henry George Bohn
Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy. -- Emile Zola
Everyone ought to plant a tree in their lifetime. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Everyone ought to take every opportunity to blast lawyers. -- Marlin Fitzwater
You ought to learn as best as you can. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Force ought to follow justice and not to precede. -- Edward Coke
We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing... -- Plato
Men ought either to be well treated, or crushed. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
I am certainly an ought and not a must. -- E. M. Forster
Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help. -- William James
A liar did ought to have a good memory. -- Flora Thompson
We ought to love, encourage and support each other. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
In everything we ought to look at the end. -- Jean de La Fontaine
Were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be. -- Francois Fenelon
One ought to be just before one is generous -- Winston Churchill
You ought to try being cruel to some people. -- Mike Judge
I think we ought to live happily ever after. -- Diana Wynne Jones
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole. -- George Herbert
Those who own the country ought to govern it. -- John Jay
We ought to be respecting the principle of equality. -- Lawrence Lessig
People ought to have more control over their lives. -- Saxby Chambliss
Everyone ought to decide his or her own fate. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin. -- Henry James
The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire -- August Bournonville

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