Quotes About Responsibility

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.

Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.

Having a cat is like having a pet. Having a dog is like having a really stupid brother who needs a lot of looking after.

Rule 9 Okay, so a lot of the dog rules, say, the majority, can be made up by the dog, and if the owner knows what's good for him, he will obey these rules, but if he disobeys a rule and the dog doesn't find out about it, the under is under no obligation to confess.

Viktor E. Frankl] joked that in contrast to Freud's and Adler's "depth psychology," which emphasizes delving into an individual's past and his or her unconscious instincts and desires, he practiced "height psychology," which focuses on a person's future and his or her conscious decisions and actions...His goal was to provoke people into realizing that they could and should exercise their capacity for choice to achieve their own goals.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

Morality is the power of endurance in man; and a religion which teaches personal responsibility to God gives strength to morality. There is a powerful restraining influence in the belief that an all-seeing eye scrutinizes every thought and word and act of the individual.

No government can long endure unless its citizens are willing to make some sacrifice for its existence.

There is no place for the drone in human society, and as public opinion becomes more enlightened we shall give less regard to those, however refined or well educated, who consult their own pleasure at the expense of others and more consideration to the bread-winners whose hands are calloused and whose brows are acquainted with perspiration.

Shall the lover of his country measure his loyalty only by his service as a soldier? No! Patriotism calls for the faithful and conscientious performance of all of the duties of citizenship, in small matters as well as great, at home as well as upon the tented field.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

When I find a person who thinks he is too good to take part in politics, I find one who is not quite good enough to deserve the blessings of a free government.

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

He that lies with the dogs, riseth with the fleas.

People who grow up without a sense of how yesterday has affected today are unlikely to have a strong sense of how today affects tomorrow. They are unlikely to understand in a bone-deep way how the decisions they make now will shape and affect their future.

and what if I did drink too much? Whose business is that? Who knows how much I didn't drink?

Mi culpa es todo lo que me queda. Si la pierdo, no habré significado nada, no habré hecho nada, no habré sido nada.

Sometimes I wonder what if I run off or dropped dead," Francis said. "Helen'd probably go crazy." "Why if you dropped dead she'd bury you before you started stinkin'," Jack said. "That's all'd happen." "What a heart you have," Francis said. "You gotta bury your dead," Jack said.

Sure this is hard work, but it's good work because it's a part of what connects us to this land, Buck. This beautiful, tender land.

I don't know why a government would behave any differently from the people who comprise it," Mother Beal said around the stem of her pipe. "When it comes to money, people often behave in ungracious and ungrateful ways.

The bottom line was that people who leaned too heavily on someone else were setting themselves up for a terrible fall, and they had no one to blame in the end but themselves for the hurt they suffered. Cork had learned the hard way.

Once someone's dead, being sorry doesn't cut it. If you hit a man, you can apologize. If you destroy his property, you can pay him back. But if you take his life, there's nothing you can ever do to make that right. Do you understand?