Quotes About Responsibility

I can handle it. I'm no addict, I'm a recreational killer. Yeah Harry says, like Hitler was a recreational killer.

Soportó la maternidad, el club-jardín y los cócteles. Compartió el café de la mañana con la mujer de la limpieza y el coñac de medianoche con su marido, confundiendo la lujuria de borracho con la reconciliación. El mundo crecía a su alrededor: hijo tras hijo surgieron de entre sus piernas [...] Ella alimentaba al mundo pero no era alimentada por él

It's the truth. It just felt like the whole business was fetching and hauling, all the time trying to hold this mess together she was making all the time.

The occupation of Japan was the last immodest exercise in the colonial conceit known as "the white man's burden."2

Justice has a price. That price is freedom.

but my abortion politics are simple. If you can't love your child, don't have it, because it will grow up and kill me.

And finally, count your blessings. You got through college. You didn't commit suicide, O.D., or have a nervous breakdown, and let's remember the ones who did. It's time to get busy. It's your turn to cause trouble.

If you just broke up with someone, be sad; if you just ran over somebody drunk driving, feel depressed. You shouldn't take a pill that makes you feel okay about terrible things.

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.

It does not matter if we have material wealth. What really matters is—what do we do with it? I have attained financial success at a young age, but that was mostly luck. I just happened to join the right company at the right time. The fact that I have money does not make me a better person. What really matters is what I do with it.

Did my job really matter? A successful year would only help a rich company get richer.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

During the toughest challenges in my life I've come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to me. The things he would say—"Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses; worry about the things you can control, and not the things you can't"—were endless. Yet there is an appropriate one for every situation. The real

Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.

The locker rooms were clean when we departed because I asked the players to pick up after themselves. I believe this is just common courtesy. Somebody's going to have to clean it up, and I see no reason why it shouldn't be the person who messed it up.

The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves"—and

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

When you blame others you are trying to excuse yourself. When you make excuses you can't properly evaluate yourself. Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.

Before You Can Lead Others, You Must Be Able to Lead Yourself.

Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources;

Personal greatness is not determined by the size of the job, but by the size of the effort one puts into the job. This applies to everyone on the team.

Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal; never whine, never complain, never make excuses.

Too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

Don't whine. Don't complain. Don't make excuses.