Quotes about Imperative

Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be. Votes: 3

Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you. Votes: 3

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. Votes: 2

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Votes: 2

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples. Votes: 2

Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside. Votes: 2

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition. Votes: 2

Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality. Votes: 2

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. Votes: 2

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. Votes: 2

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. Votes: 2

The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society. Votes: 2

Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies. Votes: 2

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen. Votes: 2

It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads. Votes: 2

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls. Votes: 2

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous. Votes: 2

Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country. Votes: 2

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion. Votes: 2

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable. Votes: 2

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do. Votes: 2

A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. Votes: 2

I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals. Votes: 2

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. Votes: 2

If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours. Votes: 2

Like probably a lot of people, I came away from watching films like 'Miss Representation' and 'Half the Sky' with the realization that the battle for women's rights is not over, especially not globally, and that the moral imperative of our century is to achieve full rights for everyone regardless of gender. Votes: 2

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense. Votes: 2

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike. Votes: 2

Does management resist the institutional imperative? Votes: 0

I think optimism is a moral imperative. Votes: 0

In a concurrent world, imperative is the wrong default! Votes: 0

Of hunger and thirst, thirst is the greater imperative. Votes: 0

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan. Votes: 0

Legislators consistently put the political imperative before the national interest. Votes: 0

Laws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality. Votes: 0

America is just so imperative that we have the right justices. Votes: 0

Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative. Votes: 0

The imperative is to define what is right and do it. Votes: 0

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is. Votes: 0

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community. Votes: 0

It's imperative that we opt out of the fossil fuel endgame. Votes: 0

I believe that it is imperative that we learn from the mistakes. Votes: 0

Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside. Votes: 0

Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember! Votes: 0

The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else. Votes: 0

Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth. Votes: 0

On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act. Votes: 0

The Green Party is no longer the alternative, the Green Party is the imperative Votes: 0

We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings. Votes: 0

The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative. Votes: 0

My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control. Votes: 0

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. Votes: 0

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. Votes: 0

Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there. Votes: 0

To me, hope is a moral imperative. I have hope and faith in forces unseen. Votes: 0

Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative. Votes: 0

I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them. Votes: 0

Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one. Votes: 0

Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties. Votes: 0

It is imperative to base your life on yourself, to take responsibility for your own happiness. Votes: 0

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game. Votes: 0

"Faith" as an imperative is a veto against science-in praxi, it means lies at any price. Votes: 0

Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative. Votes: 0

The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. Votes: 0

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations. Votes: 0

Making the case (for same-sex marriage) from a conservative values perspective is an imperative, not an option. Votes: 0

It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer. Votes: 0

Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children Votes: 0

The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained. Votes: 0

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined with the imperative of accomplishing nothing. Votes: 0

Corporations are mandated, in effect, to 'grow or die,' a rule also called 'the growth imperative.' Votes: 0

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence. Votes: 0

The music and the message, to me, is something that is imperative and that's what drives me know. Votes: 0

It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's. Votes: 0

The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive. Votes: 0

It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture. Votes: 0

Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity. Votes: 0

Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative. Votes: 0

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else -- men, guns, ammunition. Votes: 0

She really was pretty, for a grown-up, but when you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative. Votes: 0

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself. Votes: 0

There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us. Votes: 0

The willingness to listen and act on your inspiration is imperative if you're going to live the life you desire. Votes: 0

There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes. Votes: 0

I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others. Votes: 0

If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself. Votes: 0

In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else. Votes: 0

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis. Votes: 0

Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. Votes: 0

Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. Votes: 0

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. Votes: 0

All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. Votes: 0

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason. Votes: 0

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. Votes: 0

Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church. Votes: 0

The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth. Votes: 0

In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs. Votes: 0

Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant. Votes: 0

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. Votes: 0

My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you. Votes: 0

Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is... Votes: 0

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children Votes: 0

Thinking carries a moral imperative. The searcher for truth must be ready to obey truth without reservation or it will elude him. Votes: 0

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. Votes: 0

With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive. Votes: 0

God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant. Votes: 0

Theere is an imperative to be in a process, the energy & consciousness of life means for us to be constantly observing, learning & becoming. Votes: 0

Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. Votes: 0

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter Votes: 0

As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly. Votes: 0

Most of the time, I regard the judgment of people as a waste of time. I regard the judgment of behavior as imperative. Votes: 0

Treating other people as you would like to be treated. It is an ancient, universal ethical imperative. And it requires no supernatural beliefs. Votes: 0

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. Votes: 0

With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings. Votes: 0

It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Votes: 0

The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative. Votes: 0

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. Votes: 0

To Jane Jacob's three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation and regionalism. Votes: 0

Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others Votes: 0

In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule. Votes: 0

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter. Votes: 0

It's tougher for me. But I don't think that's imperative to me starting a new movement, or revive an old movement, to help people. Votes: 0

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5. Votes: 0

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done. Votes: 0

It's absolutely imperative that you speak forth the Word concerning you, because until you do, it will have no power and it won't work! Votes: 0

Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative. Votes: 0

It is imperative that the artist reveal through the medium in which he is happiest, what he sees, thinks and feels about his surroundings. Votes: 0

Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to enhance intellectual and spiritual unity. Votes: 0

The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival. Votes: 0

There's a real moral imperative in being an organization that takes the time to sit and listen to the customers and the people they're serving. Votes: 0

If you want to create wealth, it is imperative that you believe that you are at the steering wheel of life, especially your financial life. Votes: 0

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely. Votes: 0

Eternal inflation,' as it's called - the endless generation of new universes - may be a hyper-cosmic imperative. It seems that it must happen. Votes: 0

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away. Votes: 0

It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history. Votes: 0

No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force. Votes: 0

Even if plants were sentient, veganism would still be a moral imperative given that it takes many pounds of plants to produce one pound of flesh. Votes: 0

In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love as an imperative need. Votes: 0

Maura had decided sometime before Blue's birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so Blue had grown up surrounded by imperative question marks. Votes: 0

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve. Votes: 0

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle. Votes: 0

It is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical. Votes: 0

It is imperative that we do not fear challenges that we have attracted to promote our growth. Every obstacle we encounter is an opportunity for spiritual evolution. Votes: 0

Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war. Votes: 0

The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a hardly lighter burden. Votes: 0

People are different and it is this uniqueness that also makes it imperative for the definition or meaning of success be left to each individual to determine. Votes: 0

The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional views of function. Votes: 0

The moral imperative of life is to live a life that detracts not at all from the lives available to those who will follow us into this world. Votes: 0

Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else. Votes: 0

I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments. Votes: 0

It's very important to balance things; it's imperative to do something for the society, and women in particular, and help women who aren't in position to help themselves. Votes: 0

We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now. Votes: 0

The elevation of parochial values to the realm of the sacred is a license to dismiss other people's interests, and an imperative to reject the possibility of compromise Votes: 0

When advertisers ignore diversity, it is because they don't think the lives of others matter. There is not enough of a financial imperative for those lives to matter. Votes: 0

I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without neglecting imperative duties. Votes: 0

To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency - how to accurately anticipate the future. Votes: 0

I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get those vital nutrients out of them. Votes: 0

It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish. Votes: 0

The unconscious mind governs our decision-making, and much of our communications. It's imperative, if you want to be a successful leader, to become aware of these key human actions. Votes: 0

There is no economic imperative that will condemn us to deplete our vital resource base, but neither is there an invisible hand that will prevent us from doing so. Votes: 0

Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the law of strategic siege. Votes: 0

The message that "we can't take in everybody" is imperative. At the same time, the decision as to who has a right to asylum needs to be made in Brussels. Votes: 0

Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete. Votes: 0

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive. Votes: 0

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare. Votes: 0

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people. Votes: 0

It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction. Votes: 0

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people. Votes: 0

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it. Votes: 0

It is imperative for US to parent our children and educate them outside of the school systems, as our education system was not designed to lift US out of oppression. Votes: 0

Before you place your financial future in the hands of an adviser, it's imperative that you find someone who not only makes you comfortable but whose honesty is beyond reproach. Votes: 0

I liked taking the elements of roadside advertising out of context because it removes the imperative and just goes to the essence of it - the pure heart of advertising. Votes: 0

We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future. Votes: 0

Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative. Votes: 0

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution. Votes: 0

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed. Votes: 0

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars. Votes: 0

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film. Votes: 0

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars. Votes: 0

You'll notice that for many progressives, taking from the rich is not simply a necessity of budgeting but a moral imperative and a tool to institute fairness that capitalism supposedly hasn't. Votes: 0

Indebted countries can only grow out of their debt troubles through strong economic growth; austerity measures alone cannot work. It is imperative to engage in deep structural reform to spur growth. Votes: 0

I think a novelist must be more tender with living or 'real' people. The moral imperative of having been entrusted with their story looms before you every day, in every sentence. Votes: 0

As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest. Votes: 0

The message has to go to the streets, it's imperative that we reach those who may not get to a church. We receive their questions, it's important that the world asks questions. Votes: 0

I probably should work harder on relationships, but I don't, and there's not the same kind of imperative as when you have all the right equipment to make a human being together. Votes: 0

I had hoped all of Congress would recognize that it is imperative for our health, economy, and national security that we address the effects of climate change before they get even worse. Votes: 0

A key difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims believe that the Koran contains verbatim the word of God; it is written in the imperative. This precludes a comparison with Christianity. Votes: 0

Too often our leaders cannot work for the greater good because they acknowledge no good greater than politics. But if that's truly our prime directive and highest imperative, God help us all. Votes: 0

It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement. Votes: 0

The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative as: keep bleeding, but find some love in the blood. Votes: 0

I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale. Votes: 0

With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed. Votes: 0

It is imperative that we recognize that whatever has happened to us has happened to others. They have coped and so must we. We are not alone. Heavenly Father's help is near. Votes: 0

Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate speedily and persuasively with your members and your voters. Votes: 0

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life. Votes: 0

Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities of a man who rejects the falsifications of the categorical imperative. Votes: 0

It's absolutely imperative for the parents and the typical kids to have time by themselves, to go out to dinner or even go on vacation while someone else cares for the autistic child. Votes: 0

We live in a permanent state of bad faith, a mutual representation of ourselves to one another for the sake of remaining sane and following our biological imperative to continue as a species. Votes: 0

For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching. My teaching is constantly being fed by my learning. Votes: 0

I would be strongly committed to working with the FOMC to continue promoting a robust economic recovery ... I consider it imperative that we do what we can to promote a very strong recovery. Votes: 0

This is all disgraceful and underscores how imperative it is that Obamacare be fully repealed and that the newly elected GOP Congress get a backbone and stand up to this cadre of scofflaws. Votes: 0

It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages. Votes: 0

Why we are here is important, but to know where we are going is imperative. It's not what you've got, it's what you use, that makes a difference in how your life turns out. Votes: 0

It is imperative that the Christian, at the beginning of his pursuit to understand what true worship is, gets it clear that the object of our worship is to be God and God alone. Votes: 0

Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical order and so provides for the unity of imperative control. Votes: 0

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people. Votes: 0

It is also vital that our relationship with nature and the environment be included in our education systems. This is not longer something cute or nice to do; it is now a singular imperative. Votes: 0

We decided that it was imperative for us to use our resources to create a new paradigm: one in which business operates to add value to society - without compromising the well-being of future generations. Votes: 0

If we are to remain mission focused, as we must be if we are to be relevant in an uncertain age, the abandoning those things that do not further the mission is a leadership imperative. Votes: 0

Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a healthy, prosperous future for everyone is a goal I believe we all share. Votes: 0

Human beings are not meant to live alone. There is a fundamental biological imperative that propels you and every organism on this planet to be in a community, to be in relationship with other organisms. Votes: 0

It is imperative that Christians be like Jesus, by living freely within the culture as missionaries who are as faithful to the Father and His gospel as Jesus was in His own time and place. Votes: 0

Neither god, nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your solemn and imperative duty to use every means, both moral, intellectual, and physical that promises success. Votes: 0

The early ascendancy of leisure as a means of reputability is traceable to the archaic distinction between noble and ignoble employments. Leisure is honourable and becomes imperative partly because it shows exemption from ignoble labour. Votes: 0