Quotes About Responsibility

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

the evangelical Christian is not true to his profession if he leaves his Christianity behind him on Monday morning.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

You never get it right, you people, do you? Either we've got Fudge, pretending everything's lovely while people get murdered right under his nose, or we've got you, chucking the wrong people into jail and trying to pretend you've got 'The Chosen One' working for you!

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed—or worse, expelled.

IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I'LL KILL YOU, HARRY!

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

People who are gifted to preach, prophesy and represent God must be careful to stay humble, or they will contract and spread the deadly infection of pride.

I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this must necessarily come to an end and that the rest of my life should be a sort of penance for all the reckless, irresponsible, and immensely fun things I'd done before.

In a culture of evangelism, there is an understanding that everyone is engaged. Have you ever heard someone say, "Evangelism is not my gift," as if that excused him from sharing his faith? That's a kindergarten understanding of evangelism. All Christians are called to share their faith as a point of faithfulness, not gifting (Matt. 28:19).

In a culture of evangelism, the goal is for everyone to share, pray, and take opportunities as they come. We can challenge people to come to faith, but there are no instructions in the New Testament for a sinner's prayer. We trust God to bring sinners to repentance. Our responsibility is to be faithful witnesses—together.

Take care, don't fight, and remember if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

We are not powerless. We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first we must choose to use it. We're told every day, You can't change the world. But the world is changing every day. Only question is who's doing it? You or somebody else?

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

General Guerdon.

So my solution is simple. If you can't be held fully accountable for your actions, you need a keeper. Or to put it another way: if you're not grown-up enough to be trusted with a gun, you need a keeper. And the keeper — of the fetus, or the animal, or the tree, or the mental incompetent — is the one who is held responsible for the well-being of his charge, and for any liabilities resulting from its doings.

The Government, Church and television keep the average man so mired in petty concerns that he can no longer discern which battles are worth fighting for.

Foreign Cash is not the answers to our problems, my friend. Africa needs the hearts and minds of its sons and daughters to nurture it. You were our pride, Mukoma Bryon. When you did not return, a whole village lost its investment. Africa is all that we have. If we do not build it, no one else will.