Quotes About Responsibility

No matter how many years passed or how much responsibility each assumed, they still managed to bicker like bitchy teenagers on a regular basis. In some way, though, each found it comforting; it reminded them how close they really were: Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything.

I'd begun to take for granted that he'd always be around... The only problem with all of this was that I wasn't exactly holding up my end of the deal.

This provision made Magellan responsible to Cartagena for all commercial decisions.

the sailors had a moment before reporting for duty, they might relieve themselves, an unpleasant, even ridiculous chore

Magellan and Faleiro had to see to it that the crew members had no contact with local women.

Magellan served at the pleasure of his Castilian captains, rather than the other way around.

Manuel punished those responsible, but the legacy of bitterness lingered, and many Jews left the country for the Netherlands.

and a considerable amount of his authority as Captain General

By bringing in Haro, the king and his advisers would be giving up a significant amount of the profits.

Magellan, who left nothing to accident, had an assignment for Pigafetta; the young Italian diplomat

depended to make decisions concerning affairs of state.

Magellan found himself in a difficult position. He could not bring himself to condemn a priest—even a disloyal priest—to death.

Nor would matters end there; their families and heirs would suffer

One tier consisted of the steward, charged with keeping an eye on the food supply;

the boatswain, or contramaestre; the boatswain's mate; and the alguacil.

top of the pinnacle came the pilot, who plotted the ship's route; the master, who supervised the precious cargo;

During a watch, a ship's boy supervised the half-hourglass

People blame God for this or that, when instead they should be facing what is inside them.

It is dangerous to attempt to live all the levels of your humanity while totally immersed in spiritual ecstasy. One does not drive a car while drunk, nor should one propose marriage to a woman in bed with you whom you just met, while feeling at one with all humanity.

Humankind creates the world.

It is when you cross the line from use to abuse that you attract Alien Parasites.

I'm a secular priest ordained by training, experience, and, most important, the willingness to accept the mantle of command. That willingness encompasses the realization that failure is easy, and such failure could kill me or, worse, kill someone else.

Such accidents have to happen. But they don't have to happen to you and me.

Regardless of age, Connection types, at some level, often feel like frightened children in an adult world. Because of their inadequate sense of self, they often try to anchor themselves in their roles as scientist, judge, doctor, father, mother, etc.