#obligations

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. ↗

— Humphry Davy

#duties #given #great #habitually #heart

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#consider #countries #democracy #link #obligations

Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education. ↗

— John Bruton

#areas #country #course #education #ensure

Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so much work to do. Men didn't understand that there was nothing big enough to exempt you from your obligations, which began as soon as the sun rose over the paper company and ended only after you'd finished the day's chores and fell exhausted into sleep against the background noise of I-94. ↗

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

#men #obligations #passion #women #work

And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitments. And will save no effort whatever to protect this newborn opportunity of peace, that is provided through what we have already declared here today. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#also #assert #commitments #declared #effort

We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations. ↗

— Gerard Arpey

#continued #financial #many #meet #obligations

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#because #computers #created #credit #default

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#child #child support #divorced #likely #meet

As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#asked #association #beginning #board #chairman

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

— Martin L. Gross

#fails #fulfill #government #legitimacy #loses