Quotes About Responsibility

How soon human beings forget what a privilege it is to live in freedom. A privilege, not an honor. An honor would mean we deserved it. We do not.

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

The established leaders of any organization have great natural advantages. They are believed to have better sources of information. The books and papers are in their offices. They took part in the important conferences. They met the important people. They have responsibility. It is, therefore, easier for them to secure attention and to speak in a convincing tone. But also they have a very great deal of control over the access to the facts. Every official is in some degree a censor.

An author owes a duty to the truth.

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

To Mayo, this meant "passing down the chain of command the handling of all details to the lowest link in the chain which could properly handle them," while keeping in hand matters of policy and strategic importance.

Nimitz kept avoiding the hands that attempted to steer him off the wing and into a crash boat. Finally, an eighteen-year-old seaman second class lost patience with the white-haired gentleman, and knowing neither his identity nor his rank, he shouted out, "Commander, if you would only get the hell out of the way, maybe we could get something done around here." Nimitz merely nodded and finally clambered into the waiting boat.

The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.

Algunas personas, cuando le dicen al otro que ya no lo quieren, aprovechan para lavarse las manos: «¡Te dejo porque no te amo y tú tienes la culpa!». Doble golpe. Como quien dice, es hacer leña del árbol caído

Cuando digo no, me siento culpable.

Si no es dañino para ti ni para otros, puedes hacer lo que quieras.»

La prudencia es futuro, prevención, anticipación responsable, deseo razonado. Está diseñada para evaluar el antes de, para que no tengamos que arrepentirnos del después de. No es un freno de emergencia asfixiante, sino autorregulación, juicio y lucidez orientada a no lastimar ni lastimarse. Kant decía: "La prudencia aconseja, la moral ordena". Una asertividad sin prudencia tarde o temprano se transforma en agresión.

Tú eres el que escribe tu destino. Dios, el Universo o la Vida te han dado la tinta y el papel para hacerlo, pero tú lo escribes.

aplica las siguientes dos máximas y adhiérete a los límites que marcan, por si la culpa y la preocupación no te dejan "descontrolarte" (en el buen sentido). Ponlas en un lugar visible y échale un vistazo de tanto en tanto:   1. Puedes hacer lo que quieras, si no es dañino para ti ni para nadie. 2. Haz lo que quieras, si no violas la Carta Universal de los Derechos Humanos.   Que

El perdón no es una obligación, es una elección libre que maneja sus propios tiempos.

La libertad no vale la pena si no conlleva el derecho a errar. GANDHI

sentimiento de culpa suele obrar como una forma de autocastigo que apunta directo al corazón, una especie de harakiri psicológico autodestructivo, donde se ataca a la persona y no la conducta específica:

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them.

Consult duty not events.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.