Quotes About Responsibility

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. If a large number of our children grow up into frustration and poverty, we must expect to pay the price.

I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty.

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right.

You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.

Black America knows better than anyone else the high price children pay for the sexual agendas of adults.

We must send a very clear message that if you enter our country illegally and then you commit one of these offenses, you will be dealt with harshly and you will pay a heavy price for your conduct.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.

If we bankrupt America, we will all pay the price.

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

My kids paid the price for my career. We can say it's for our family, but it almost never is. It's about us. It's just some of us can pretend better than others.

Engaging in actions which are not allowed by law should have certain prices to pay.

I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It means a lot to me, truly.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

I've been given the opportunity to carry forward the legacy with which people associate me; I can't escape it even if I don't like it. I take pride in carrying forward what's been given to me.

There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

I take pride in everything I do.

My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.