Quotes About Responsibility

In a tangle of duties a man must seize the solitary clear one... Buchan, John. Salute to Adventurers (p. 172). Kindle Edition.

Everyone needs to make his own choices. You need to mind your own business and not meddle in ours. So

at the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, Did you believe? but Were you Doers, or Talkers only? and accordingly shall they be judged.

Every fat must stand upon its own bottom;

If any of those who were awakened by my ministry, did after that fall back (as sometimes too many did), I can truly say, their loss hath been more to me, than if one of my own children, begotten of my own body, had been going to its grave:

He hath cause also to walk humbly with God and be little in his own eyes, and to remember withal, that his gifts are not his own, but the churches; and that by them he is made a servant to the church; and he must also give at last an account of his stewardship unto the Lord Jesus, and to give a good account will be a blessed thing.

Cuando Cristo dijo: '¿Conocen todas estas cosas?', y los discípulos hubieron dicho sí, Él añadió: 'Benditos son si las hacen'. Él no puso la bendición en el conocerlas, sino en el hacerlas

Presumption said, Every fat must stand upon his own bottom.

Without hope, the need to punish is the one true religion. Blame must be fixed on some soul other than one's own.

The burden of being intelligent and shy and young is that you will always know, cannot not know; have grown up in a fiction of perpetual responsibility, believing that whatever cracks in life you find must be your cracks, that anything at all can be your fault.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

You must do right before you feel good.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.

Leaders Who Attract Followers . . . Need to Be Needed Leaders Who Develop Leaders . . . Want to Be Succeeded

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

Nothing will make a better impression on your leader than your ability to manage yourself. If your leader must continually expend energy managing you, then you will be perceived as someone who drains time and energy. If you manage yourself well, however, your boss will see you as someone who maximizes opportunities and leverages personal strengths. That will make you someone your leader turns to when the heat is on.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do. —JOHN C. MAXWELL

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

President Abraham Lincoln said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

Leadership is responsible. Losing is unacceptable. Passion is unquenchable. Creativity is essential. Quitting is unthinkable. Commitment is unquestionable. Victory is inevitable.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment, you create trust.

As a leader, you don't earn any points for failing in a noble cause. You don't get credit for being "right" as you bring the organization to a halt. Your success is measured by your ability to actually take the people where they need to go. But you can do that only if the people first buy into you as a leader.