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Quotes About Responsibility

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
~ Wilma Mankiller
In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"
~ Muhammad Yunus
For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.
~ Hamza Yusuf
The future depends on what we do in the present.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
~ Tryon Edwards
The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the small things that we can do to create a sustainable future and a healthy environment.
~ John Denver
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
~ Pema Chodron
We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers
~ Peter Singer
The circle is a reminder that each moment is not just the present, but is inclusive of our gratitude to the past and our responsibility to the future.
~ Kazuaki Tanahashi
In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
~ Robert Kennedy
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.
~ Sylvia Earle
The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
But we have reached a turning-point. We must make a decision: shall we remain a child-like people, giving little thought to our Future, till someday we find that we have none?
~ Unknown
It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
~ Indira Gandhi
Education : a debt due from present to future generations.
~ George Peabody
Sustainability is here to stay or we may not be
~ Niall FitzGerald
We can either build a Star Trek future, in which our civilization rises to new heights, or descend into a Mad Max world. It is up to us.
~ Vivek Wadhwa
We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.
~ Miguel de Unamuno
You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred
~ Gautama Buddha
Journalism is an act of faith in the future.
~ Ann Curry
The importance of the House is... far more important than my future.
~ Unknown
The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.
~ Phil Bredesen
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
~ Kurt Vonnegut