Quotes About Responsibility

Mr McGraw glared at him. "You don't tell me anything." "In fact, I do," Dr Marino said. "I'm here because Principal McGinty is trying to keep your son safe from diseases that could kill him. That's how much she cares about your little boy." He turned to look at the other parents. "That's how much she cares about all of your children.

I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again.

Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

To admit frankly, our capacity for evil hinges on our breaking through our pseudoinnocence. So long as we preserve our one-dimensional thinking, we can cover up our deeds by pleading innocent. This antediluvian escape from conscience is no longer possible. We are responsible for the effect of our actions, and we are also responsible for becoming as aware as we can of these effects.

Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

Entrepreneurs are, by definition, active types, so how is it that so much business writing sags with the passive voice? ...If you are using the passive voice to evade responsibility, start owning up. If you are using it out of habit or laziness, or because you just didn't think about it, start thinking about it.

I know I will have to do the right thing and return her to her father, but it is ripping my heart apart.

I am not a fairy godmother or anything of that sort, but I hope to give you a happy home and a good education, and to send you out into the world true, brave, generous men, prepared to serve God truly all the days of your life." ~Aunt Persis

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.

There is in fact a category of people who get unusually close to the truth about themselves and the world. Their self-perceptions are more balanced, they assign responsibility for success and failure more even-handedly, and their predictions for the future are more realistic. These people are living testimony to the dangers of self-knowledge. They are the clinically depressed.34

There is in fact a category of people who get unusually close to the truth about themselves and the world. Their self-perceptions are more balanced, they assign responsibility for success and failure more evenhandedly, and their predictions for the future are more realistic. These people are living testimony to the dangers of self-knowledge. They are the clinically depressed.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

It's funny I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.

Working together, as parents, neighbors, and law enforcement officials, we must dedicate ourselves to preventing senseless violence in our communities.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

If you break little promises, you'll break big ones.

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You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can." (Bunny from picture book)

We may think we are praising and encouraging the young by predicting great things for them, but the burden of our expectations may shame and crush them.

It began to seem that the generals had got us into something they had no business doing.