Quotes About Responsibility

What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

The only way we'll be saved is if we save ourselves. Good people can't triumph over bad people just by being good; they have to act.

Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret. Odd Thomas

You have a messiah complex, got to save the world.

It is the purpose for which we exist. This reckless caring.

Free will, she agreed, our greatest gift, the thing that makes life worth living, in spite of all the anguish it brings.

Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.

These days law thinks it's about nothin' but laws. Law don't remember it was once handed down from somewhere, that it once meant not just no, but was a way to live and a reason to live that way. Law now thinks nobody but politicians made it or remake it, so maybe it ain't a surprise some people don't care anymore about law, and even some lawmen don't understand the real reason for law.

I curse the night I let your idiot father squirt you into me.

Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment comes due for promises you didn't keep.

she'd known that being a victim was often a choice people made.

a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.

Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness.

Quand on ne trouve pas la solution à son malheur, on lui cherche un coupable.

When you can't find a remedy for your pain, you look for someone to blame.

Les enfants absorbent notre vie, er la désagrègent. Les enfants nous entraînent au désastre, c'est une loi.

Les enfants absorbent notre vie, et la désagrègent. Les enfants nous entraînent au désastre, c'est une loi.

Un matrimonio es como una ciénaga peligrosa que succiona sin fin las faltas de los cónyuges.

Un líder auténtico nos mostrará que hay dos caminos que podemos tomar: admitir nuestros errores y cambiar, u ocultarnos la verdad a nosotros mismos y culpar a los demás

Nunca —y eso Significa Nunca— Culpes a otras Personas o Sucesos Externos.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

Every drop in the ocean counts.

I was afraid of being annihilated on account of saying no: those who refuse to fulfill their duties lose their right to exist.