Quotes About Responsibility

I'll admit that I'm not fond of children. They stick to you like burrs, and tearing them off is cumbersome. I don't dislike them. I simply prefer them not to be around.

When things turn out as you expect more often than not, do you feel more in control of your destiny? Do you take more responsibility for your life? If that's the case, why do Americans always behave as if they're victims? Hear

When things turn out as you expect more often than not, do you feel more in control of your destiny? Do you take more responsibility for your life? If that's the case, why do Americans always behave as if they're victims?

The story of the king is the story of the people, and unfortunately, to this day, no king has learned that lesson.

Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.

Those who own much have much to fear.

he who has the knowledge has the responsibility to impart it to the students.

God may grand us gifts, but the merit of being able to take and hold them must be our own. Alas for the boons that slip through unworthy hands!

The winds of grace are blowing all the time, but it is you that must raise your sails.

I remember I once told him: 'Women's minds are so petty, so crooked!' 'Like the feet of Chinese women,' he replied. 'Has not the pressure of society cramped them into pettiness and crookedness? They are but pawns of the fate which gambles with them. What responsibility have they of their own?

The winds of grace are always blowing, but it is you that must raise your sails.

Do not blame your food because you have no appetite.

It came to be the natural rule of life with him, that no one should add to the burden of the world, but that each should try to lighten it.

The soil in return for her service keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.

her thrones were not her concern.

no one should add to the burden of the world, but that each should try to lighten it.

Every now and then, their mutual passion would show signs of fading; without the firm support of the world of everyday duty, it was difficult to keep up this fervour. Unless love is rooted in purposeful activity, its delights are neither fulfilling nor lasting.

Raicharan was twelve years old when he came as a servant to his master's house. He belonged to the same caste as his master and was given his master's little son to nurse. As time went on the boy left Raicharan's arms to go to school. From school he went on to college, and after college he entered the judicial service. Always, until he married, Raicharan was his sole attendant.

Oh! what lies we women have to tell! When we are mothers, we tell lies to pacify our children; and when we are wives, we tell lies to pacify the fathers of our children. We are never free from this necessity.

EITHER you have work or you have not. When you have to say, "Let us do something," then begins mischief. 172

You cannot go on violating these laws in the name of your nation, yet enjoy their advantage as individuals.

Why did the lamp go out? I shaded it with my cloak to save it from the wind, that is why the lamp went out. Why did the flower fade? I pressed it to my heart with anxious love, that is why the flower faded. Why did the stream dry up? I put a dam across it to have it for my use, that is why the stream dried up. Why did the harp-string break? I tried to force a note that was beyond its power, that is why the harp-string is broken.

I confess that a man, who is not within his place in the common society, can be guilty, but it's certain that no human being, like the sword, can stay always in his scabbard.

The past has been God's gift to you; about the present, you must make your own choice.