Quotes About Responsibility

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

It takes less courage to criticize the decisions of others than to stand by your own.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

It takes a village to raise a child.

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'?

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.