Quotes About Responsibility

Ay, cómo trabajaban las chicas entonces; antes del amanecer ya estaban en pie, muertas de sueño, para disponer veinte o treinta fuegos. Barrer, fregar, limpiar y pulir se hacía sólo para volver a hacerlo. Lavar montañas de vajilla y cubertería, corretear escaleras arriba y abajo; y aquellas campanillas irascibles que empezaban a resonar como en una rabieta… Justo cuando lograbas sentarte un instante.

The unrealistic belief that we are somehow entitled to go through life unmoved by other people's suffering further limits our ability to cope with our own.

It's a well-known fact that black sheep should never have lambs. You know what you get when you take a black sheep and give it a lamb? You get a thing called "supervised visitation" that's what.

What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?

When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.

Who forces himself on others, is to himself a load.

Love your children with all your hearts, love them enough to discipline them before it is too late. ... Praise them for important things, even if you have to stretch them a bit. Praise them a lot. They live on it like bread and butter and they need it more than bread and butter.

Para que una persona mereciera el título de "padre" era necesario mucho más que llevar a un niño en el vientre y parirlo

the wilderness. Who in his right mind would not want someone to take care of these unpalatable household tasks?

Yessir, it's a hard taskmaster, that guilt. I say, feel it, and wriggle a little bit if you have to, but then put it away. Get on with what you can change.

A man does what must be done,' Karl said, trying to concentrate on his board-making. "But you never complain." 'What good would complaining do? A job takes so many hours of work, complaining will not shorten those hours.

Just because the power is out doesn't mean we unplug the constitution.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

We do some things because we should, whether it feels good or not. Nonetheless, doing what we should ought not necessarily feel bad.

It is also vital that our relationship with nature and the environment be included in our education systems. This is not longer something cute or nice to do; it is now a singular imperative.

So much of our world has been brutally wrested from us; we now have to say enough. No more. Perhaps if enough individuals find out what is actually going on for themselves and start doing something about it, then maybe we can stave off the fast-advancing crisis and create a beautiful. healthy, livable planet where all life flourishes and man is free to rise to greater heights.

Was it always other creatures that had to pay for man's follies with their lives?

When one registers the fact that our very own survival depends upon the wellbeing of all life on our planet, one starts to understand that we are the ones responsible for the state we find Earth in today.

The Earth Organization will also create a definitive guide of what can be done in our personal lives to make a difference.

Once the government becomes the supplier of people's needs, there is no limit to the needs that will be claimed as a basic right.

To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

A good deal happens in a man's life that he isn't responsible for. Fortunate openings occur but it is safe to remember that such 'breaks' are occurring all the time, and other things being equal, the advantage goes to the man who is ready.

Cuando se podía establecer una conexión inmediata entre el jefe del Estado y el sargento más novato de la línea del frente, las decisiones meditadas de toda la cadena de mando podían evaporarse por unas cuantas frases imprudentes y torpes.

si los mortales estaban sufriendo «más de lo necesario» no era por culpa de los dioses, sino por culpa de «la ceguera de sus propios corazones».