Quotes About Responsibility

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

Wer seinem Volk Angst macht, der braucht es [...] nicht zu fürchten.

Der Lebensschutz des potentiellen Opfers soll mehr wiegen als die Menschenwürde des potenziellen Täters.

Nicht nur Menschen, auch Rechtsgrundsätze wurden [...] von den Trümmern der Twin Towers erschlagen.

Sicherheit ist die gut ausbalancierte Freiheit aller.

Der Staat, der nur wegen und aus der Freiheit seiner Menschen besteht, darf sich nicht gegen seine Schöpfer wenden.

conversion is a necessary and moral duty for every man.

the subduing of the earth, that is, the whole of culture, is given to him, and can be given to him only because he is created after God's image; man can be ruler of the earth only because and in so far as he is a servant, a son of God.

There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened.

There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the Earth as if it were a business in liquidation.

We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.

To choose the right dog," he said, "you'll need to do your homework." "I finished my homework," said Amelia Bedelia.

You can't understand command till you've had it. It's the loneliest, most oppressive job in the whole world. It's a nightmare, unless you're an ox. You're forever teetering along a tiny path of correct decisions and good luck that meanders through an infinite gloom of possible mistakes.

Boys fight the wars. We'd have the brotherhood of man tomorrow if the politicians had to get out and fight.

A gift weighed down with obligations is scarcely a gift.

For I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

They organized private recitals at their home, and on these occasions, they could be together, in silence, sharing emotions for which they were not responsible and which did not refer directly to the two of them. Precisely because they were so controlled and mediated, these were Benjamin and Helen's most intimate moments.

I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

Someone who undervalues himself eventually will blame others for his depreciation.

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life.

Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids.