Quotes About Responsibility

Often you told me that responsibility and authority are privileges, not the rights of every man for the taking.

More sins have been committed by the church than any seaman

It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.

That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always very busy thinking of what things they can do next. That is not what people want. People want to be left alone to look after their cattle.

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie;for an excuse is a lie guarded

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie

Act well your part, there all the honor lies.

To be angry, is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Act well your part; there all the honour lies.

If the men are supposed to be the heads of the family, they must also be the heads of the community. The community must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the family, and the family must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the community.

Leaders who think that growth in grace comes by knowing the Word of God without doing it will produce congregations of passive Christians which resemble human beings that eat too much and exercise too little.

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink the thirstier you get. The lure of power can separate the most resolute of Christians from the true nature of Christian leadership, which is service to others. It's difficult to stand on a pedestal and wash the feet of those below.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.'

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

People who are careless of the land and of the creatures and spirits with which we share it are careless of themselves.

Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to make up such a sum. Always supposing that it wasn't one of a kind. Panic was no longer merely rearing. It was thundering through her at full throttle. There was only one thing to be done, she realized. The mature, responsible, adult thing to do. Hide the evidence.

It was his duty as a card-carrying Knight in Shining Armor to answer the call of a woman in distress. Okay, he didn't actually have a card, but still...