Quotes About Responsibility

Knot the tie and go to work. Unknot the tie and go to sleep.

So , I said, now that we have our dead, what are we going to do with them?

You can steal in this country, you can rape and murder, you can bribe public officials, you can pollute the morals of the young, you can burn your place of business down for the insurance money, you can do almost anything you want, and if you act with just a little caution and common sense you'll never even be indicted. But if you don't pay your income tax, Grofield, you will go to jail.

I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office.

leadership often means having to choose between two bad options and that good men have to make decisions that have bad consequences.

There is nothing beneath a leader.

Whenever the subject of household chores came up—had come up—I'd say, "You wash and clean, and I'll keep the windmill oiled and the hogs fed." A cushy deal I had. Had had.

We ask people to say, "I am a commitment to …" instead of "I'm committed to …" as a reminder that we are the commitment, we strive to embody its value and contribution, and we're fully accountable for its outcome. The commitment lives inside us and moves out from our center.

If we leave it to professionals themselves to reinvent their workplace, are we asking the rabbits to guard the lettuce?

This is a new division of labour, and traditional professionals sometimes struggle here because they are no longer in the driving-seat.

But in practice there is no clear reason why a division of labour in society should necessarily imply a division of moral behaviour as well.

muy pocas de las personas de las cuales podrías esperar que lleven las riendas en el ámbito jurídico —políticos, socios senior de los bufetes, legisladores y estadistas, profesores de Derecho, magistrados de alto nivel, líderes de los cuerpos profesionales— están, en realidad, mirando más allá de los próximos años. En estos tiempos difíciles para la economía, el "aquí y ahora" parece estar proporcionando suficientes quebraderos de cabeza.

In driving, one assumes the danger of destroying life, beginning with one's own.

it is impossible to cure a political prostitute from whoring'.

Self-Checkout Line – The place where customers of an establishment become unpaid employees of the establishment.

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

Freedom is only given to those who can handle the consequences that come with it

All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. ... It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone.

There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything.

They scooped out our insides, Saul. We are not responsible for that. We are not responsible for what happened to us. None of us are," Fred said. LBut our healing - that's up to us.

They scooped out our insides, Saul. We're not responsible for that. We're not responsible for what happened to us. None of us are." Fred said. "But our healing—that's up to us. That's what saved me. Knowing it was my game." "Could be a long game," I said. "So what if it is?" he said. "Just keep your stick on the ice and your feet moving. Time will take care of itself.

They scooped out our insides, Saul. We're not responsible for that. We're not responsible for what happened to us. None of us are. Fred said. But our healing--that's up to us. That's what saved me. Knowing it was my game.

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.

Not infrequently, parents fail to help children grasp their responsibility for a community. Often we as parents don't convey to our children that they have obligations to small communities like a sports team or a school choir or a dance troupe. How many of us ever simply mention to our children that a school is not just a place to learn but a community, or that a neighborhood is a community that carries obligations?