I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.
I think you have an obligation to be honest.
If people are being downtrodden and mistreated, it's our obligation, it's our responsibility to speak out, not just for ourselves but for others.
Everything you have, whether it's money or stuff, is an obligation. It is as much your duty to care for and nurture any object you own as it would be if that object were your child. All possessions come with responsibilities. More possessions equals greater responsibility.
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave.
I am an incorrigible devotee to solitude, and am never so cheerful, I believe, or so unruffled by small difficulties as when I'm alone. There's a sort of obligation to be polite and pleasant to yourself when nobody else is round.
What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them and say, 'Look, I'm sorry, but your baby is fking boring. '
You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them.
There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.
The sexual freedom of today for most people is really only a convention, an obligation, a social duty, a social anxiety, a necessary feature of the consumer's way of life.
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.
The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.
the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.
Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.