Quotes About Responsibility

There is always one thing a man can do, if he so chooses, and that is his duty.

If my children are silly, I must hope to be always sensible of it.

No more have I, said Mr. Bennet; and I am glad to find that you do not depend on her serving you.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

Resignation to inevitable evils is the evil duty of us all; the

When a young man, be who he will, comes and makes love to a pretty girl, and promises marriage, he has no business to fly off from his word only because he grows poor, and a richer girl is ready to have him. Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once?

The World is pretty much divided between the weak of mind & the strong- between those who can act & those who cannot, & it is the bounden Duty of the Capable to let no opportunity of being useful escape them.

Had it been your uncle's doing, I must and would have paid him; but these violent young lovers carry everything their own way. I shall offer to pay him to-morrow; he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter.

Bueno, querida —dijo el señor Bennet, cuando Elizabeth leyó la misiva en voz alta—, si tu hija enferma gravemente, si acaba muriendo, será un consuelo saber que todo fue para pescar al señor Bingley, y siguiendo tus órdenes

We [women] certainly do not forget you [men] as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves. We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us. You are forced on exertion. You have always a profession, pursuits, business of some sort or other, to take you back into the world immediately, and continual occupation and change soon weaken impressions.

A house was never taken good care of, Mr Shepherd observed, without a lady:

Mi spazientisce oltremisura quando fanno finta di chiedermi, di darmi una scelta, e nello stesso tempo si rivolgono in modo tale da obbligarmi a fare quella cosa… di qualsiasi cosa si tratti!

Exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do a great deal.

Çünkü s?rf içimizi rahatlatmak için verdiÄŸimiz sözleri bile tutamayacak hale gelirsek, ahlak kurallar?na ne olur?

He became what he ought to be: useful to his father, steady and quiet, and not living merely for himself.

A young woman, if she fall into bad gands, may be teazed, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man's being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it.

It is always good for young people to be put upon exerting themselves; and you know, my dear Catherine, you always were a sad little shatter-brained creature; but now you have been forced to have your wits about you...

if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.

Y aunque no fue demasiado feliz en este mundo, encontró en el cumplimiento de sus deberes, en sus amigos y en sus hijos motivos suficientes para amar la vida y para no abandonarla con indiferencia cuando le llegó la hora.

There is one thing (...) a man can always do, if he chooses, and that is, his duty: not by maneuvering and finessing, but by vigor and resolution.

Cuando un joven, sea quien sea, viene y enamora a una linda chica y le promete matrimonio, no tiene derecho a desdecirse de su palabra sólo por haberse empobrecido y que una muchacha rica esté dispuesta a aceptarlo. ¿Por qué, en ese caso, no vende sus caballos, alquila su casa, despide a sus criados, y no da un real vuelco a su vida?

Existem pessoas que, quanto mais você faz por elas, menos elas fazem por si mesmas.

There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the