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Quotes About Responsibility

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.
~ Abraham Lincoln, 1859
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
But freedom is not enough.
~ Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
To make a pledge of any kind is to declare war against nature; for a pledge is a chain that is always clanking and reminding the wearer of it that he is not a free man.
~ Mark Twain
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow-man, without at last finding the other end of it about his own neck.
~ Frederick Douglass, 1883
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.
~ American Proverb
If you are not as close to God as you used to be, who moved?
~ Author Unknown
Born to golf. Forced to work.
~ Golf joke
It might be more worthwhile if we stopped wringing our hands and started ringing our congressmen.
~ Author Unknown
Democ'acy gives every man The right to be his own oppressor...
~ James Russell Lowell
I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.
~ Alfred North Whitehead
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
~ Phillips Brooks
If you don't take care of yourself, the undertaker will overtake that responsibility for you.
~ Terri Guillemets
Take charge of your health — be your own guardian angel.
~ Terri Guillemets
UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
~ Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.
~ Author Unknown
Each of us can only do the best we can for as many as we can and that will never be good enough for those of us who care!
~ Rea Cord
History is to the effect that man's sins always find him out; but men continue to bet that they won't.
~ E. W. Howe
Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it.
~ Author Unknown
I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.
~ Nancie J. Carmody
Laundry: Washing — 30 minutes Drying — 60 minutes Putting away — 7 to 10 business days
~ Internet meme
The trouble with living alone is that it's always your turn to do the dishes.
~ Author Unknown
Leaf-blowers: Loudly making yardwork someone else's problem since the 1960s.
~ Christopher Patrick, 2017
Please don't feed the dust bunnies.
~ Author Unknown