Quotes About Responsibility

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”