Quotes About Responsibility

From some vantage points, the global church seems to be getting more fragmented, like the description of the people of Israel in the age of the Judges, when "everyone did as they saw fit" (Judg 21:25).

By ten o'clock, the sidewalk along Vine Street looks like the Fourth of July parade. Mama minds the cash box while Daddy and Mitch go to haul more tomatoes and peppers from the truck. The basket of beans is almost empty, so I fill it up again.

We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.

In America today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops.

John Quincy Adams, denying his sons permission to come home for college holidays for under-performance: "I would feel nothing but sorrow and shame at your presence.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

The world is gone, I have to carry you.

There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity.

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

Governments could recognize the huge value added if the two biological parents choose to live together with the child: a tax-credit bonus could reduce the tax burden for those who are taxpayers, and income could be supplemented by an equivalent amount for those who are not. The commitment of young parents to their children benefits us all, and we should be prepared to pay for it. When parents withhold this commitment, the rest of us pay for it – heavily.

The regrets that fester are overwhelmingly about failures to meet 'oughts', when we have let someone down, breaching an obligation.5 We learn from such regrets to keep our obligations. Although our decisions are biased towards momentary folly, when we consider our actions 'oughts' usually trump wants.

Many of the characteristics that are responsible for successful families are not just good for the families themselves, but good for the entire society. Conversely, many of those that are responsible for failing families are not only private tragedies, but social catastrophes.

But in truth, those of us fortunate enough to have lived all our lives in a mature democracy only think of elections because we take so much else for granted. Democracy is not just elections; it is a whole set of rules that limit what government can do.

Tara: So what does "Captain Britain's agent" actually do? Wisdom: Between you and me, Tara, it's work, work, work. I'm in charge of Brian's hair.

Oh no. We've had to do some extreme things to save the world—" "Yeah, we're going to have to read the comments.

It's not for me to share the meanings of others. I am only in charge of my own.

No one on this earth is accountable to bring you what you need or want. It's not up to your wife or girlfriend to fill your emotional holes. That work is yours. Your boss isn't on the hook to provide a living for you. That's your job. It's not your minister's role to maintain your relationship with God. That's up to you. Your kids are yours to nurture, not yours to nurture you.

You have the freedom (and the responsibility) to rest. So take a nap.

You are free to ask for and choose what you enjoy and what brings you pleasure, as long as those choices are beneficial and in line with God's Word, and you have listened respectfully to and considered prayerfully what others need (not to be mistaken with what others usually want). This applies at work, play, home, church, in the bedroom, etc.

God says we shouldn't take advantage of the fatherless (Exodus 22:22) and that true religion looks after the fatherless (James 1:27). It's time for the church to flex some real muscle on behalf of the weak and the needy.

You have to set limits with "getting there" people, or they will tend to take increasingly large amounts of the energy, time, money, and talent God gave you to accomplish his purposes.

Figuring out who God wants you to be in your marriage requires that you submit to God first because he is the highest authority. Christian Nice Wives who believe that pleasing their husband is the same thing as pleasing God make the mistake of making their husband the highest authority.

Some women find it near impossible to rest because they equate taking a break with being selfish. But Jesus sequestered himself from others to get some much needed rest and refreshment. Drivers who push themselves too hard for too long become a hazard to others. You have the freedom (and the responsibility) to rest.

Teachers make a staggering number of decisions—some historical research suggests as many as 800 per day (Jackson, 1968). And no one helps you make the decisions; you're essentially on your own. As you acquire knowledge and experience, however, you learn to make these decisions routinely and efficiently (Berliner, 1994, 2000).