Quotes About Responsibility

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.

Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

lost her only son—and Elijah to blame.

I'm sorry... but it's true?you can't live other people's lives for them. Go home and make something worth while of your own.

I don't want to interfere with my children's lives any more than you do, but I want them to be happy. Must growing up always mean a breaking up?" she asked sadly. "No, but it often means a breaking away," the captain said. "And you wouldn't want them to stay anchored for the rest of their existence, growing barnacles all over them and rotting away with rust.

Live or dead, no creature might escape the unfolding of its own actions. He

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

Freedom in the Biblical sense is always at a price; it is a costly gift, and it requires great things of us.

We sin if we do not confront sin as sin.

I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave." I yawn. "So very long as that?" When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.

3.18 On the responsibilities of a father towards his child, Chanakya says that for the first five years, he must be brought up with love and affection. For the next ten years, he must be brought up with strict discipline, because this is the period for the development of his personality. This period is like the foundation on which will rest the rest of his life. From the age of sixteen, he should be treated like a friend; guide him like a friend; settle his problems like a friend.

According to Chanakya, by pampering and accepting all the right or wrong demands of their children, they develop several bad habits. These bad habits hinder their progress and development in the future. It is, therefore, essential to discipline them also, in addition to loving them. A potter also needs to pat, caress and even beat the rotating mound on his wheel, to shape it into a beautiful pottery. Parents must also bring up and shape their children like the potter shapes his pottery.

Chanakya says that those parents, who do not arrange for proper education of their children, are their worst enemies.

laziness and irregular practice corrupts the intelligence of scholars and ruins their knowledge. Women under the influence of others are soon ruined. Lack or shortage of seeds results in lower crop output. Similarly, in the absence of the commander, the army can never win a war. Thus, in order to get superior results, the importance of regular practice must be understood.

Chanakya has considered the Mother who gives birth to you, the Brahmin, who performs your religious thread ceremony, the Guru, who teaches you, the person, who feeds you and one who dispels fear, having the status of your Father. He says man should be indebted to them and should always respect/honour them.

On the responsibilities of a father towards his child, Chanakya says that for the first five years, he must be brought up with love and affection. For the next ten years, he must be brought up with strict discipline, because this is the period for the development of his personality. This period is like the foundation on which will rest the rest of his life. From the age of sixteen, he should be treated like a friend; guide him like a friend; settle his problems like a friend.

face up to the seriousness – possibly a high-handed wickedness – of what they did; and still to forgive. This

Technology will never deliver us from evil. Only decent people can.

Life becomes a loving partnership when we realize that God provides the raw substance of life—willpower, thoughts, feelings, mobility, etc.—but we must choose their form. In every beat of our hearts we can hear God say, "I am with you. I love you. Be my partner in life.

A number of years ago, I heard Rabbi Wolpe tell a story of a man asking God when God would send someone to save their city. God replied I did. I sent you. What is this story? and who was talking to God?

People often ask: Where was God in the Holocaust? It is the wrong question. The real question: Where was man?

How can she tell the difference between freedom and unburdening?

You had to get another degree in order to become a productive member of an evil society.

Laura answered the door. She tried to smile welcome. Not an easy task. Eyes puffed, skin pallid, shirt stained. Taking care of her brother was draining the life out of her. Succubus in action.