Quotes About Feeling Obligated

#1. Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on "what people expect of a clergyman".

George Eliot

#2. The mainstream thrust of anti-intellectualism, as it stands today, characterizes thinking itself as an elitist activity.

Maggie Nelson

#3. We shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock. It should actually be a safety net.

Steve King

#4. You always know when somebody's dead.

Kevin Bergeron

#5. The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.

Donna Lynn Hope

#6. Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Max Eastman

#7. Dressed in their red suits and fake beards, they rang their bells like they were going for dog-spit gold at the Pavlov Olympics.

Christopher Moore

#8. For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.

Sloane Crosley

#9. You are not obligated to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find a way to conquer the odds, to be stronger or transform yourself into some better version of yourself. The pain you are feeling (whatever the degree) may be a reminder that things are not as they should be.

Tullian Tchividjian