Quotes About Responsibility

Anxious and angry relatives are a burden all doctors must bear, but having been one myself was an important part of my medical education.

It's the professional shame that hurts the most,' I said to him. I wheeled my bike as we walked along Fleet Street. 'Vanity really. As a neurosurgeon you have to come to terms with ruining people's lives and with making mistakes. But one still feels terrible about it and how much it will cost.

Every surgeon carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray – a place of bitterness and regret, where he must look for an explanation for his failures.

Love, I reminded my trainees, can be very selfish.

Just as it is irresistible to save a life, it is also very difficult to tell somebody that I cannot save them

Es el cirujano quien carga con toda la responsabilidad, pese a toda la cháchara sobre la cultura libre de culpa.

First, do no harm . . .' Commonly attributed to Hippokrates of Kos, c. 460 BC 'Every surgeon carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray – a place of bitterness and regret, where he must look for an explanation for his failures.' René Leriche, La philosophie de la chirurgie, 1951

Patients become objects of fear as well as of sympathy. It is much easier to feel compassion for other people if you are not responsible for what happens to them

Pacientët nuk kanë zgjedhje tjetër, veçse të na besojnë. Dhe është detyra jonë të punojmë fort për të merituar atë besim që pacientët na japin dhe duhet të rezistojmë dhe të luftojmë fort

Më pëlqen të operuarit, prandaj u bëra kirurg, por jam i përgjegjshëm se truri nuk shërohet njësoj si kockat dhe muskujt

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. All that you despise, all that you loathe, all that you reject, all that you condemn and seek to convert by punishment springs from you.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

being a manager' means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others

Managing is about nuance as much as it is about decisiveness.

From CATS ARE KIND "A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist!' 'Excellent,' replied the universe, 'I've been looking for someone to take care of my cats.

No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community.

The family is the simplest and smallest unit of society and the real fountain of culture. If this fountain remains pure, man's culture has promise. But if it becomes polluted, all the rest will turn to dust and ashes, since the home is the foundation of the entire social structure.

The directive to "fill the earth" (Gen. 1:28) is not primarily a reproductive command. The "filling" of the earth is a cuh«re/activity.

I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

Respect is not a one way street

You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.

I've said it before and I say it again: "A man's got to do what a brainless idiot's got to do.

The speaker over my head crackled, "There has been a Bell-Atlantic pager misplaced. If anyone has found it, please make this known to a flight attendant." It's under my left foot and you're never seeing it again.