#obligation

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#human #human rights #much #obligations #rights

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

#always #been #beginning #door #driving

The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either. ↗

— Edward Grey

#asks #away #bargain #belgium #chancellor

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#coldly #deny #future #individualist #make

There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#even #felt #help #jazz #likable

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#able #control #economy #global #global economy

Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#been #continue #field #honest #hostility

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#honor #integrity #moral-courage #obligation #truth

Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#grateful #likely #made #men #most

A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#obligations #dreams