Quotes About Responsibility

People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'

The risk that people pose to wolfdogs is far greater, statistically, than the risk that wolfdogs pose to people. Many are bred in miserable, inhumane conditions, and kept in equally miserable, inhumane conditions.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

In 1976, I was invited to interview for the CEO position of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

You never want to be in a position where you can't make payroll.

Center is a very tough position to play.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

I don't know why anyone would want to be a goalkeeper. It is a hard position to do well.

It's an honor to be chosen to serve as Mayor Hancock's deputy mayor. This position comes with great responsibility, but should the need arise, I know I am up to the challenge.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

Every position is difficult, but you're always involved in the biggest chances of the opponent; when there's a goal, you're always involved. It's difficult to explain, but this is the importance of the goalkeeper: he's always concentrated, even if he's not running as much as other players. He always needs to be focused.

You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.

Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions.

If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world around you as much as possible?

When you're the opener, you're the guy getting the crowd warmed up. But when you're the headliner, you're the main dude. People come to see you, and you have to deliver. It's a cool position to be in.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.

But it's true, it's nothing new that decisions about what movies are to be made, and how they're to be made, and who's to be hired to do what, and whether you hire somebody to do their job, or whether you hire somebody to fill a position and you tell them what to do.

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

I think that people who find themselves at executive level positions or get really successful forget that there is nothing they have done that wasn't the result of a lot of other peoples hard work.

Political positions do not belong to the officeholder; they belong to the people that place us in office.

I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.