Quotes About Responsibility

My future depends mostly upon myself.

In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible, so that the responsibility of the service sector would not be overloaded.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.

Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future

The future of the world depends on how well we meet it.

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

The future was in our own hands. If we wanted a world where such things were possible, it was for us to make it.

The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present

I'm not white. Why should I care about the future of white societies

We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations.

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

The future is up for grabs. It belongs to any and all who will take the risk and accept the responsibility of consciously creating the future they want.

Future generations may well have occasion to ask themselves, "What were our parents thinking? Why didn't they wake up when they had a chance?" We have to hear that question from them, now.