Quotes About Responsibility

We walk around every day not knowing the exact level of risk and benefit associated with most of our actions, yet it remains our responsibility to decide what's worth pursuing.

Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.

A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.

Actions speak louder than words. And sometimes inaction speaks louder than both of them.

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

I think that's the moment when we all grow up, when we stop blaming our parents for the messes we've made out of our lives and start owning the consequences of our actions.

Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.

The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.

You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.

A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

Wishing will not make it so. The Lord expects our thinking. He expects our action. He expects our labors. He expects our testimonies. He expects our devotion.

What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.

We have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.