You do what you want to for Passion, you do what you have to for Obligation. Votes: 4
Christine CaineEvery right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. Votes: 3
John D. RockefellerObligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force. Votes: 3
Ashim ShankerTo owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. Votes: 2
Pierre CharronOur obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. Votes: 2
Elie WieselIf an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command? Votes: 2
Tom G. PalmerBase natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to. Votes: 2
Thomas OtwayEveryone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Votes: 1
Melissa RosenbergBalanced relationships are always based in freedom, not obligation. Votes: 0
Michael Thomas SunnarborgAn obligation is something which constrains or induces us to act. Votes: 0
Francis Jeffrey, Lord JeffreyTo oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. Votes: 0
G. Edward GriffinEthical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war. Votes: 0
Karl BrandtToo great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldFriendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything. Votes: 0
Stephen SondheimReality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but ... hypotheses may not. Votes: 0
Jorge Luis BorgesNothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. Votes: 0
Eugene IonescoNo State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts. Votes: 0
Lysander SpoonerThe future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation. Votes: 0
William J. ClintonThere's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation. Votes: 0
Margaret ThatcherThe consultant's first obligation is to the patient, not to his brother physician. Votes: 0
Burton J. HendrickMan always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance. Votes: 0
Pope John Paul IIThe three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. Votes: 0
David BrinModern science is under no obligation to satisfy the expectations of your five senses. Votes: 0
Neil deGrasse TysonIt is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. Votes: 0
Desmond TutuWhen some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around. Votes: 0
Mark TwainOn all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation. Votes: 0
Wilhelm ReichHonor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people. Votes: 0
Pliny the YoungerI believe it's a cook's moral obligation to add more butter given the chance. Votes: 0
Michael RuhlmanThis obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovMy obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country. Votes: 0
Al SharptonAll moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God. Votes: 0
Charles HodgeAs a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness. Votes: 0
Leo HinderyDo not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions. Votes: 0
Mary Anne RadmacherIt is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonMen will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it. Votes: 0
Thomas GrayYou don't change the world out of obligation, but you will out of glorious obsession. Votes: 0
Brian HoustonThere is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty. Votes: 0
William Rounseville AlgerWe should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back. Votes: 0
Bill CourtneyIf people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it. Votes: 0
Ron Paul... the future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it. Votes: 0
John Michael GreerMy only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been. Votes: 0
Quentin TarantinoFrom the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act. Votes: 0
Sandra SteingraberThere is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't. Votes: 0
Audrey HepburnA vow is a heavenly created obligation in motion that only ends when fully completed. Votes: 0
Lizelle DuPlessisI think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing. Votes: 0
Kyle MacLachlanPerhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy. Votes: 0
Kathleen McGowanThere is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. Votes: 0
Chinua AchebeOur obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason. Votes: 0
Joseph Alexander LeightonGrowing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation. Votes: 0
Warren G. BennisIt is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided. Votes: 0
Mario CuomoWe have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaAs Christians, we have an obligation and responsibility to abide by the principles of the Bible. Votes: 0
S. Truett CathyThe job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. Votes: 0
James A. MichenerWe have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens. Votes: 0
Bob EhrlichNobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. Votes: 0
Jean AnouilhI hate the amount of communication, the obligation that you have just by owning a phone. Votes: 0
Lucas TillIt's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. Votes: 0
Stephen HarperYou find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerIn many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. Votes: 0
Desmond TutuIf you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind. Votes: 0
Aaron SorkinWe were not born with guilt nor obligation. When you give in to guilt, you endorse it. Votes: 0
Anita MoorjaniI was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it. Votes: 0
Dennis PotterYour first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story. Votes: 0
Lena WaitheI think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change. Votes: 0
Ron SilverI think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change Votes: 0
Ron SilverWe have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. Votes: 0
Ban Ki-moonWe have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us. Votes: 0
Ray KrocAnyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauDo you look forward to going to church, or is it something you do out of obligation? Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerAnyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. Votes: 0
Lin Yutang"We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work." Votes: 0
John HickenlooperI think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware. Votes: 0
Robert KennedyI don't owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every 'ting is fine. Votes: 0
Peter ToshIt is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiBut I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh Votes: 0
Bob NewhartIt is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaFor those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them. Votes: 0
Daniel A. D'AnielloAlthough the universe is under no obligation to make sense, students in pursuit of a Ph. D. are. Votes: 0
Robert KirshnerSome laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are. Votes: 0
Julian McMahonI don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy. Votes: 0
Adam GopnikIf you are in a meeting and you disagree mentally then you have an obligation to disagree verbally! Votes: 0
Perry NobleThe first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world. Votes: 0
John BarthWhere we have been incorrect in what we have done, then I think we have an obligation to settle. Votes: 0
Lee ScottI came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something. Votes: 0
Eddie Bernice JohnsonWe all have a moral obligation to leave this world a better place than the world that we've found. Votes: 0
Tim McIlrathHe had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldThe only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauI think it's an obligation to make a movie full, so you have to see it twice to get all the moments. Votes: 0
Shane BlackIf there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try Votes: 0
Barack Obama