Sayings about Obligation
The first favor is a favor, the second an obligation. ~ Chinese Proverbs
If you fall into a pit, Providence is under no obligation to come and look for you. ~ Iranian Proverbs
A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle. ~ Italian Proverbs
Never step over one duty to perform another. ~ English Proverbs
The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men look for it in what is remote. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Man has responsibility, not power. ~ Tuscarora proverb
The obliging fool is worse than an enemy. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
Quotations about Obligation
A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a prison. ~ Thomas Fuller
Government’s first duty and highest obligation is public safety. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. ~ Pierre Charron
There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t. ~ Audrey Hepburn
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. ~ Wayne Dyer
You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation. ~ Seneca
Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. ~ Elie Wiesel
Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one. ~ Seneca
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ~ John D. Rockefeller
What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought to ask himself often. ~ John Caspar Lavater
We are solemnly obliged to the children of those who have loved us. ~ Achille Poincelot
One of man’s greatest obligations is anger. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
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
Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to. ~ Thomas Otway
To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is simply to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. ~ William Gilmore Simms
There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty. ~ William R. Alger
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel. ~ Philip James Bailey
Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful. ~ Thomas Hobbes
It is a secret, well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies. ~ Henry Fielding
We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged than those who have obliged us. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. ~ Giovanni Ruffini
When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society. ~ H. Rap Brown
Obligation is the bitterest thraldom. ~ Madame Suzanne Curchod Necker
An obligation is something which constrains or induces us to act. ~ Lord Francis Jeffrey
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. ~ Samuel Johnson