Quotes About Responsibility

But I tell you, Miss Lizzy — if you take it into your head to go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way, you will never get a husband at all — and I am sure I do not know who is to maintain you when your father is dead. I shall not be able to keep you — and so I warn you.

A strong sense of duty is no bad part of a woman's portion

We certainly do not forget you as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit.

No me supone ningún sacrificio aceptar ocasionalmente compromisos para la noche. Todos nos debemos a la sociedad, y confieso que soy de los que consideran que los intervalos de recreo y esparcimiento son recomendables para todo el mundo - Mary

There are people who, the more you do for them, the less they will do for themseselves.

In living so closely with these queens, inevitably my ideas and prejudices have changed. I became more aware of the profound loneliness of their role; the fear, the danger and responsibility were daunting, yet they accepted this and even revelled in it. The physical suffering and discomfort of their everyday lives was overlaid with such magnificent show and animated with an enormous zest and appetite for life itself.

it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What mattered and mattered desperately was our future development. Were we going to go on destroying God's creation, fighting each other, hurting the other creatures of the His planet?

Most of us don't realize the difference we could make. We love to shrug off our own responsibilities, to point fingers at others. Surely, we say, the pollution, waste, and other ills are not our fault. They are the fault of the industry, business, science. They are the fault of the politicians, This leads to a destructive and potentially deadly apathy.

like our intellect, social media in itself is neither good nor bad—it is the use to which we put it that counts.

If I were a bird that needs feathers to fly higher, my mother would be my strongest feather. She was extremely supportive. When I was one and a half, I took a whole handful of earthworms to bed with me. My mother said very quietly, Jane, they will die if they leave the earth. And so, together, we put them back into the garden.

That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can't we?

I do have hope. Nature is enormously resilient, humans are vastly intelligent, the energy and enthusiasm that can be kindled among young people seems without limit, and he human spirit is indomitable. But if we want life, we will have to stop depending on someone else to save the world. It is up to us-you and me, all of us. Myself, I have placed my faith in the children.

Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.

Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that's ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?

Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.

You may not believe in evolution, and that's all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.

When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders' meeting or my next election campaign?' The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?

We're not really a very intelligent species when we destroy our home.

How do we get people to heed the dire warnings of the people on the ground who have been fighting this danger for so long? How do we get them to take action?

Many people understand the dire state of the planet—but do nothing about it because they feel helpless and hopeless.

I am feeling wonder and awe about this incredible world we live in. And the truth is, we're destroying it before we've even finished learning about it.

We don't really know how it will all turn out, do we? And we can't just think that we can do nothing and everything will work out for the best.

But like our intellect, social media in itself is neither good nor bad—it is the use to which we put it that counts.

using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.