Quotes About Responsibility

I think it's a might act of human love to remind somebody that they can accomplish things by themselves, and that the world does not automatically owe them any reward, and that they are not as weak and hobbled as they may believe.

En la vida uno no puede permitirse hacer menos de lo que ha prometido.

why are you so sure that your micromanagement of every moment in this whole world is so essential

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit

you must never become lax about maintaining it

Never put away your labors while the sun is high, Alma, with the hopes of finding more hours to work tomorrow—for you shall never have any more extra time tomorrow than you had today, and once you have fallen behindhand in your responsibilities, you will never catch up." So

Being a father would be different, harder, but might he not (if generations have told themselves the lie, then scan he) do it just a little better than his parents, pass on his best self, discard the rest, or at the very least, do his best by doing his best?

But…" Both men looked over inquiringly when Maximus spoke. "But I never asked you to help me with Noakes." Makepeace nodded, his expression grave. "You didn't have to." "You never had to," St. John concurred.

That thought—that she was carrying his babe—steadied him enough to start off again. It was a strange but not unwelcome feeling to know that she carried his child. That someday she would hold a babe against her pretty white breast and that the child would be part of him as well. For the first time in a very long while, he yearned to see tomorrow.

A mother never abandons her child, even when he seems to want it

It would be the height of idiocy for the Duke of Wakefield to pursue the cousin of the woman he wanted as wife. And yet, for the first time in his life, Maximus wanted to let the man rule him instead of the title.

I've never violated any woman." "Have you killed?" He paused at that, before reaching into the wardrobe to move aside her spare day gown. "Once or twice. The men deserved it, I assure you.

You were the one who left for London. You were the one who decided to-to tup another woman. You were the one who turned away from me. From us. Who is the greater sinner? I will no longer—urp!

Percy romped up and dropped a sadly mangled, dead frog at her feet, then backed away and sat proudly by his prize, looking at Miss Greaves as if expecting praise. She absently ruffled the spaniel's ears.

You do have to save my brother," she said, "because if you do not I will tell everyone in England that you are the Ghost of St. Giles.

Nothing leveled a man quite like being unable to protect his woman.

He would have to marry her, and in doing so give up all his dreams, all his hopes, of having a family. She

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Why do you come here? I promised. I release you from your promise! It wasn't you I promised, the angel said quietly.

But wield it with care, lass, do not go blasting out your fury and letting all know it was you. They fear it.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Full-hearted fatherhood might save the world.

You were not bred to avoid trouble," Tobai said. "Your family takes it on, shakes it like a dog shaking a rat, and tosses it to one side.

The cat required far less attendance than a human child, which is one of the reasons why spinster ladies prefer felines to babies.