Quotes About Responsibility

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.

You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.

I'll never forget the moment I became a dad. It's hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing is more important than this.

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.

Whatever we, as prospective participants unaware of our specific features, would desire society to be like is what, morally speaking, we ought to institute.

When you are public figure, you're an athlete or actor, that is your job to speak out on certain things. I think you speak out on what you desire to speak out on or your passionate about.

You can't get out-fought and out-desired. I don't want to see that again. I won't tolerate less than 100 percent desire. I'm their manager, not their babysitter.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.

The desires of adults are not more important than the needs of children.

As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.

What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.

I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.

The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.

Only those who are in-charge are tackled and criticized by others so criticism is something desirable and should not be resented.

Your destiny is what you make. It's the choices that you make. And for every choice, there's a consequence.

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.

It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.

Destiny, or karma, depends upon what the soul has done about what it has become aware of.

The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of earth.