Quotes About Responsibility

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

the true cost of anything is what we give up in order to have it. It is the path not taken. To take the responsibility of making the choice is crucial and not always easy.

A younger you might have responded impulsively by letting your emotions carry you away without much thought or consideration. Those same emotions may arise, but a maturity (often having to do with being responsible for others) stops you from acting on them. You know that whatever you decide to do here matters. It is time to call on Hecate to help you see the larger picture, to stay at the crossroad until it is clear to you which path to take.

Here we are, women who have been the beneficiaries of education, resources, reproductive choices, travel opportunities, the Internet, and a longer life expectancy than women have ever had in history. What can and will we do?

A good wife would have sorted him out and put him on the right road..." There comes that right road again. I wonder where it is? Imogen thought

The problem with women was that they were always planning some future that involved you and that you were not aware of, as if you'd signed up for a credit card without knowing it.

we are all aware of the consequences of climate change.

Collective promises are never kept, since no one feels responsible for fulfilling them

holding directorships;

Why else do you think the world destroyed itself?' 'It was an accident!' 'Yes, and who caused the accident? Men!

It's all men's fault,' she said, 'anyway. It would never have happened if it had been left to women.' 'If it had been left to women we'd probably still be living in the Stone Age!

It's our job to look at the issues and elect people. Once we've done that, that's our part over with. It's not up to us to run the country.

Who needed excuses? It was each man for himself. It always had been, of course, that was the philosophy the world lived by; but now more so than ever.

His mother hadn't know what Durex was. But she had suspected. She had asked him, gravely, if it was 'anything bad'. Useless trying to explain. Useless, subsequently, trying to convince his father that he was only acting like a responsible citizen.

Every day there were reports of women being raped or mutilated, sometimes even in their own homes. Nothing was done to prevent it on account of the governments being mostly men.

He had never hit a woman in his life, but there were some women who asked for it.

If he had a particle of sense he would send her packing right here and now. His mother always had said that girls would be the death of him.

It was so hard to decide where loyalties should lie: with oneself or with one's community?

So he's condemned to a half life, for the sins of his fathers?' 'When the sins of his fathers had such hideous consequences, what would you suggest?

Linden held that abortion was something that had been imposed upon women by men, Meta said that if it hadn't been for men having no self-control and simply using women as receptacles, abortion would never have been necessary. Either way, they were agreed that it was the fault of men.

Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.