Quotes About Responsibility

At the heart of this covenantal relationship is the issue of responsibility. Whenever there is genuine federal headship, the head as representative assumes responsibility for the spiritual condition of the members of the covenant body, and the organic connection applies in both directions. We are covenantal beings; we were created this

But a man who has not been the head of his home must confess his abdication as sin - He must treat it the same way he would treat theft, or adultery. It is disobedience.

A father must beware the false dichotomy between individualism and "patriarchalism." The individualist says to each person in the family that responsibility begins and ends with him. Only one person can be responsible for one thing. The "patriarchalist" approach would agree and then say that the only person responsible in the family is the Boss Man. If he is responsible, then no one else can ever do anything freely. Both approaches are erroneous.

If you have a smartphone, you have more wealth in your pocket than Nebuchadnezzar accumulated over the course of his lifetime. We have a responsibility to turn a profit on these astounding resources.

Why should you care if there is a hole in the ship if the hole is not in your cabin?

We have a great array of choices before us, and it is our glory to choose between them. But there is one choice we do not have, and that is the choice to be the author of the story.

So my responsibility is, so to speak, whatever is in front of me, there on my workbench or desk or counter. I should do a first-rate job with that, and other things will fall into place. And as they fall into place, it will not be the impersonal doing of Adam Smith's invisible hand. Every blessing a Christian ever receives is from a pierced hand.

A husband must be hard in order to take on masculine responsibility. A husband must be soft in order to avoid crushing those for whom he is responsible. Maintaining these twin imperatives in balance requires great wisdom, far more than men may have apart from the grace of God.

A husband cannot say, "All my behavior notwithstanding, I still honor my wife, even though I never show it." Husbands must honor their wives.

13. What is biblical masculinity? It is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility.

There is a vast difference between the dutiful Christian citizen and the craven Christian who cites passages out of context in order to justify a continuation of his cowardice.

If you have told twenty-eight people this week that "he missed his nap today" as an excuse for his disobedience, then perhaps you ought to re-evaluate. We all know there are times when this is not an excuse but a reasonable explanation. But if you find yourself resorting to excuses all the time, then you are just trying to get people to overlook your lack of wisdom and discipline.

When the parent is qualified to discipline, he probably does not feel like it, and when he feels like it, he is probably not qualified.

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind

If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.

Only those who are in-charge are tackled and criticized by others so criticism is something desirable and should not be resented.

The hospitals and graveyards are filled with those who refused to acknowledge the virtues of physical morality.

The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; but to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies.

Midlife: when the Universe grabs your shoulders and tells you "I'm not f-ing around, use the gifts you were given.

there is no obscuring of responsibility such as "I try to be honest." We are honest or we are not honest.

It is a mark of maturity to deal with the problem rather than suppress it

5 A salvação do mundo depende de ti que podes perdoar. 6 Essa é a tua função aqui.

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin. (El Filibusterismo)

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.