Quotes about Obligation

Unfortunately, many of us often spend our lives doing what we were trained to do. Some do what they were asked to do. And most of us do what others need us to do. And all the while, we wonder why the feeling of fulfillment eludes us.

In my relationship with God, I've learned that if I follow a 'formula' for how I spend my time with Him, then I'm just accomplishing a checklist of things I feel obligated to do to please Him. This makes my spiritual life more about doing what I need to do to fulfill an obligation than something meaningful.

If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of story.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.

Can any man or woman choose duties? No more than they can choose their birthplace or their father and mother.

A young woman forced to keep drunks supplied with beer and siblings with clean underwear -instead of being allowed to pursue something higher- stores up great reserves of vitality, a vitality never dreamed of by university students yawning over their books.