Quotes About Responsibility

My view is, the most important thing as prime minister is trying to make the right judgments. In order to make good judgments, you need good advice; you need good principles, and you need a clear head, and you need to have a sense of equilibrium.

From the moral as from the intellectual point of view, the child is born neither good nor bad but master of his destiny.

My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

I think, as an actor, and particularly if you are playing the lead in something, you have to view yourself as the head of department for the cast. All of the other departments are accountable and have somebody at the helm who is leading them all the time, and I don't think that the actors should be any different.

I want to be clear: I do not view myself so much as the owner of Fulham but a custodian of the club on behalf of its fans.

Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

If we're going to have the view that we're going to protect everyone in this society equally, we have to mean it.

I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven't even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason.

I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.

Books are expensive. So are nice houses with gardens. Has it occurred to you that someone has to pay for your peaceful life?

That word doesn't apply to him." "I agree. A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.

The way I was brought up 'he needed killing' is an airtight alibi.

Damn it, Pandora, I can't promise not to protect you." "Protecting can turn into controlling.

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?

From his own experience, Alex knew that parental love is an ideal, not a guarantee.

Guilt often takes the form of anger.

I'll take responsibility for my own decisions." "Are you so daft, lass, that you think one night with me would be worth risking everything?" he demanded. Merritt shrugged and lowered her gaze, but not before he saw the impish gleam in her eyes. "I'd like to find out.

A few more minutes," he said stubbornly. "No. I just spent the better part of a day sorting through garbage on your behalf. I have other stuff to do. Paid work. Unlike you, I can't survive on air." (Ghost to Alex)

You see, I have to keep my promises to my husband," Phoebe said, sounding nearly as distracted as he felt. "I owe it to him." That rankled far more than it should have, jolting West out of the momentary trance. "You owe the benefit of your judgement to the people who depend on you," he said in a low voice. "Your greater obligation is to the living, isn't it?" Phoebe's brows rushed down.

Nothing is worse than breaking the trust of someone who depends on your protection.

The world expects a man to have a backbone. Especially when a woman is being harassed.