“If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.” IfsWayWantFeelsCertainTruth IsExpectationsWhat You WantObligationWant MeYou Want Me Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves... when the truth is that there shouldn't be any rules. These rules affect the quality of the channels of communication between us.” QualityConditionsCommunicationTruth IsProtectExpectationsTrackObligation Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.” WayYearsTruth IsObligationTelling The TruthWorkout Author:Jack LaLanne
“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.” IfsTruthMoralTruth IsObligationRevolutionaryTelling The TruthSubversiveMoral Obligation Author:Anne Lamott
“Face the facts, all these environmental organizations are thirty, forty, fifty years old. They have big buildings, big obligations, big staffs. They may trade on their youthful dreams, but the truth is, they're now part of the establishment. And the establishment works to preserve the status quo. It just does.” YearsMayDoeFactsDreamBigsFacesBuildingTruth IsOrganizationTradeEnvironmentalObligationPreservesThirtyFiftyFortyEstablishmentStatus QuoFifty Year Olds Author:Michael Crichton
“If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. 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.” IfsWritingRealInterestingEmotionMoralRiskEmotionalTruth IsUniversalObligationRevolutionaryVulnerabilityTelling The TruthSubversiveMoral ObligationReal Emotion Author:Anne Lamott