Top 582 Obligations Quotes & Sayings

Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.

So far as we are concerned, there is not one word in the statements that I have made in this council which can be interpreted to mean that we will not honour international obligations. I want to say for the purpose of the record that there is nothing that has been said on behalf of the Government of India which in the slightest degree indicates that the Government of India or the Union of India will dishonour any international obligations it has undertaken.

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations.

As a slave one cannot undertake obligations without the consent of one's master. As a citizen one cannot undertake obligations unless the legal system of the State in which one holds citizenship permits one to do so. Neither a slave nor a citizen is a free person, although those who are held as slaves or citizens may well be free persons: it is just that their freedom is not respected.

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

We do have treaty obligations with our NATO allies.

We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal-federal cufflink.

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Saying "I love you" makes a demand, but creates no obligations.

You have to just do music, and you're becoming this entertainer, and so many people require so much of your time for different things, different obligations you have to make money, or just different obligations you have as a person in whatever the situation may be.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

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

In a free society, every opportunity comes with three obligations. First, you must seize it. You must mold it into a work that brings value to others. Second, you must live it. Opportunity is nurtured only by action. Third, you must defend the freedom to pursue opportunities. You must embrace these three obligations as if the future of the United States depended on it. In fact, it does.

The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.

One of the first obligations of art is to make all useful things beautiful.

True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

When we protect our children in their schools or on our streets, we are living up to our obligations - obligations which we should take solemnly.

All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or Africans - have obligations to one another that transcend their obligations to their sovereign societies.

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations.

We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.

Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now.

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations.

We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder ? whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" ? The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside.

The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.

We are not perfect. But we have doubtlessly fulfilled our obligations to the EU to a greater degree than the EU has its obligations to Italy, when it comes to the relocation or repatriation of refugees that are in our country. Italy does its homework better than the rest of Europe. Instead of the 160,000 migrants that were to be distributed across Europe, we are currently at 300.

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things. So the freedoms that we talk about today, the liberties that we talk about today were the benefits that you got from discharging your responsibilities.

Corporations are reneging on pension obligations. Social Security is under attack.

I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.

It's not that you don't want to earn as much money as you can - it is your obligation, of course - but companies have obligations beyond that and they certainly have obligations beyond that at certain times, in the times in which they operate. And they also certainly ought to know that meeting and beating expectations is probably yesterday's game and it will be increasingly so, which would be by the way very healthy for companies. Running a company that meets and beats expectations, and that runs their company accordingly, are companies that I would question why anyone would invest in.

The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.

I don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations

America will honor our treaty obligations.

I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.

We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.

Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice.

Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.

... education fails in so far as it does not stir in students a sharp awareness of their obligations to society and furnish at least a few guideposts pointing toward the implementation of these obligations.

Obligations may be universal or particular.

Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.

When children are conceived, both parties have duties and obligations toward all involved.

Culture arises only when the individual fulfills his cycle of obligations. If everyone recognizes and fulfills his cycle of obligations, genuineness emerges. The culture of a whole nation can in the final analysis be built upon nothing else.

The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.

Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations.

One of man's greatest obligations is anger.

I have a lot of obligations.

Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

Meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remember that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and do only those things in your life that are worth the effort. Only those who do that will understand the great transformations that are yet to be seen.

Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

The real number of the US' obligations, unfunded obligations that we're passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion. The vast majority of that is health entitlements - Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid. There's also Social Security, interest on the debt. But fundamentally, health entitlements are the thing that will bankrupt our kids. We need to fix that for the long-term.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.