Quotes About Responsibility

Both parents were teachers. My father became an assistant principal, and he was responsible for discipline at the school. So I didn't get away with much at home.

When Shonda Rhimes calls, you feel like you get called into the principal's office a little bit, and you think, 'Maybe I better take that call.'

My father, Subhash Chandra Arora, was the Principal at the ABJ School, and my mother was the headmistress.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Rise above principle and do what's right.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

In the Navy, the captain doesn't leave the bridge when the ship is in distress. It's a pretty basic leadership principle.

The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.

As Attorney General, my most important responsibility is keeping New Yorkers safe by enforcing the laws that protect our people from harm. But another fundamental part of my job is to seek to advance the basic American principle of equal justice under law.

We must face facts. I have made that my guiding principle in office.

Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.

A low-water economy should rest on the principle that water be left in its natural state in the environment as much as possible. Every drop extracted must be justified. Every drop used must be recycled and reused whenever possible.

It is a fundamental principle that every institution must be accountable to an authority which is independent of that institution. Yet somehow, the judiciary has propagated a view that the judiciary can only be accountable to itself.

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

Cabinet government rests on the principle of collective responsibility: Ministers debate and argue in private but then hammer out a common policy which they all agree to support.

Leaders are not dogmatic. They are principled and know that change is never easy, but when it's necessary, they must lead.