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Quotes About Responsibility

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.
~ George R. R. Martin
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least." - Eddard Stark
~ George R. R. Martin
Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.
~ George R. R. Martin
When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?
~ George R. R. Martin
If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.
~ George R. R. Martin
The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. "It hurts, boy," he said softly. "Oh, yes. Choosing . . . it has always hurt. And always will. I know.
~ George R. R. Martin
...Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.
~ George R. R. Martin
In seventeen of His thirty-seven parables, Jesus dealt with property and man's responsibility for using it wisely.
~ George Sweeting
Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously - and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.
~ George W. Bush
There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of the site, and this guy is just a garbage man.
~ George W. Bush
I believe that freedom is a gift from an Almighty to every man, woman, and child; that is a principle that was important to me during my presidency and I think it's an important principle.
~ George W. Bush
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
~ George W. S. Trow
When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.
~ George Washington
The few men who do a hand's turn around the house expect gratitude and recognition, so sure are they that, though it is their dirt, it is not their job.
~ Germaine Greer
Every man is the maker of his own fortune
~ Gertrude Stein
Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
The true savage is a slave, and is always talking about what he must do; the true civilised man is a free man, and is always talking about what he may do.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
If men started taking care of children, the job will become more valuable.
~ Gloria Steinem
The problem with Superwoman is that she has to do it all, inside the home and outside the home. If there is a man there doing half of it, that's a different world.
~ Gloria Steinem
Now the long-feared Asiatic colossus takes its turn as world leader, and we--the white race--have become the yellow man's burden.Let us hope that he will treat us more kindly than we treated him.
~ Gore Vidal
I'm at a point in my life where I have three kids. I'm a father, and you start to take stock and measure yourself as a man and see where there's room for growth.
~ Greg Bryk
You are not a man until you give your love, truly and freely to a child. And you are not a good man until you earn the love, truly and freely, of a child in return.
~ Gregory David Roberts
The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy
~ Lili Taylor
It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.
~ Lloyd Alexander