Quotes About Responsibility

Those who wish to eradicate evil are those who create it.

Prince Akeem Oh, it was a most amazing game. The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. The Giants triumphed by kicking a pigskin ball through a big H. A most ripping victory. Cleo McDowell Son... I'm just going to tell you this one time. If you want to keep working here, stay off the drugs.

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.

Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.

The fact is, race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident, real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counter productive. I grew up in a family that believed that you might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your reaction to them. There was no room for being a victim or depending on the white man to take care of you.

John Lewis Gaddis had come to visit shortly before the election and over lunch said something that resonated with me. "Never forget how really dependent the world is on America. And they know it.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

A young man's duty is to behave well to his parents at home and to his elders abroad.

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

The demands that a gentleman makes are upon himself; those that a small man makes are upon others.

You are there to rule, not to slay. If you desire what is good, the people will at once be good. The essence of the gentleman is that of wind; the essence of small people is that of grass. And when a wind passes over the grass, it cannot choose but bend.

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days.

I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man's talents than the upbringing of his son.

Get up," she said. "Get up, my lord. If you do not have long, there is still much to do. You must not waste another day, another morning! Take hold of your life with both hands and crush it to you, my lord. You will not have another in this world.

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.

A little guilt has made more than a few men live better than they would have done—trying to even the scales before they cross the river.