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.

My intellect is God-given. I've a sacred obligation to use it.

too much leisure was a dangerous distraction from the cold, hard realities of life

politicians were tearing down a thousand years of civilization brick by brick but weren't building anything to replace it.

by those who want to feel good about themselves without being put to the inconvenience of doing something.

Once a weapon was drawn, it was more likely to be used, and not always as wisely as you might expect to use it.

if the House and Senate wouldn't write laws to force the courts to do so, then judges and politicians couldn't be counted on to protect anyone, anywhere, at any time.

When you don't own an aspect of yourself it runs your life.

Only by living in reality 100 percent of the time do we have the power to take action, make lasting changes, and become the masters of our lives.

It's really quite simple: if we want our lives to be different, all we have to do is make different choices.

We project our own shortcomings onto others. We say to others what we should be saying to ourselves.

I could have walked out at any time. I'm the one who turned a bind eye. I'm the one who chose to die a little with every one of his affairs, so no, bottom line: I choose not to hate him, If I have any anger, its directed at myself. I don't know why I waited so long to take care of myself emotionally and spiritually.

We get so busy that it's easy to let some things slide. We can either pick them up again, or let them stay lost.... I never thought about knitting like that, though.

Darlene used to say it was a couple's duty to keep their eyes open, their ears open, their hearts open and their mouths shut.

If you don't take care of yourself, no one else will.

He had heard that from others but hadn't recognized the truth until his own father had gone. Maybe if he hadn't been so involved with Angie he would have seen to his father's business affairs sooner and they wouldn't be in this mess now. What did he know about all these legal matters? Darn little. His father had known he was close to death

Men have a hard time just dealing with a simple cold. If God had left procreation up to the male of the species, humanity would've died out with Adam.

Darlene used to say it was a couple's duty to keep their eyes open, their ears open, their hearts open and their mouths shut." He laughed robustly.

My daughter is pregnant. She's only nineteen.

the Girl Scout Cookie drives I'd organized, and how I'd been class mother for both Paul and Allie in their grade-school years. The last year Paul was in junior high, I'd been president of the PTA. My kids' teeth were straight, and they both were grounded and obtained above-average grades.

you need to take the initiative.

I'm late," she told him.

No man has ever crawled out from under his wife's criticism to be a better man—no matter how justified her condemnation.

When God gave Eve to Adam, he was giving him a helper, not a conscience. Adam already had a conscience before his wife was created.