Quotes About Responsibility

What is a law, if those who make it Become the forwardest to break it?

I regretted I was not the head of a clan; however, though not possessed of such an hereditary advantage, I would always endeavour to make my tenants follow me.

People have been taught to expect far more from government than from freedom.

Trusting government nowadays means dividing humanity into two classes: those who can be trusted with power to run other peoples lives, and those who cannot even be trusted to run their own lives.

The surest effect of exalting government is to make it easier for some people to drag others down.

A rife platoon's] members must care for one another. Its leaders must cherish the men in very fire team and squad. For a rifleman, a leader's misjudgment, ignorance or inexperience can be fatal - no second chances. No rerunning the exercise until you get it right. When the word 'go' is given, there is no turning back from the consequences. It is the monstrous burden of command..." -Bernard "Mick" Trainor

Be careful of your word, even in keeping the most trifling appointment. But do not blame another for a failure of that kind till you have heard his excuse.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake.

to duck responsibility. He or she might say this: The policy will be implemented … The leader, on the other hand, would say this: Let's do it!

Abraham Lincoln, who was about to meet some visiting clergy to accept a petition, was shining his shoes when a cabinet minister came into his office for a quick answer to a question. The cabinet secretary asked in surprise, "Mr. President, are you shining your own shoes?" "Whose shoes would I shine?" replied Lincoln dryly.

If the trumpet sounds an uncertain note, who shall prepare for battle?

A nation without a conscience is a nation without a soul. A nation without a soul is a nation that cannot live.

Leadership sometimes demands more than verbiage. It requires visible acts.

What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.

The key then to leadership is accomplishing the tasks at hand while building relationships.

Há apenas duas coisas na vida que vocês têm que fazer. Vocês têm que morrer e fazer escolhas. Dessas não há como escapar.

Leadership is simply character in action.

It's a place where members are growing as leaders and learning to take responsibility for the success of their team. Where members are learning to accept and transcend their differences, resolve conflict rather than avoid it, disarm themselves of their personal barriers, and communicate effectively by practicing assertiveness and active listening.

No siempre puedo controlar mis sentimientos hacia los demás, pero lo que sí puedo controlar es mi comportamiento hacia los demás.

Por um grupo todo de líderes, com responsabilidades diferentes – observou a diretora, pensativa. – O chefe continua exercendo seus deveres e responsabilidades específicas, assim como as outras pessoas da equipe. Mas o que estou entendendo é que, em um grupo de líderes, todos assumem a responsabilidade individual pelo sucesso do conjunto, influenciando e inspirando os outros a cumprirem seus deveres da melhor maneira possível.

Um grande casamento, como qualquer grande organização, é 100% para cada lado. É um grupo de líderes com responsabilidades diferentes, inteiramente comprometidos com a união e dando tudo de si.

What was the right thing to do? Was that the best you were capable of doing? Would you want to be treated the same way if the situation were reversed?

There's no fate but what we make for ourselves.

A power structure that is accountable only to itself will always end by abusing the powerless. If exposed, it will ask, paternalistically, to be allowed to repair the damage on its own.