Quotes About Responsibility

This is the burden we all have to bear, to live a useful life

Hanya orang bodoh yang mau meminjamkan bukunya, tetapi hanya orang gila yang mau mengembalikan buku yang sudah dia pinjam.

Lie heavy on him earth, for he laid many a heavy load on thee (suggested epitaph)

Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one's beloved extended community.

It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.

The story of the American Civil War is essentially one of human beings––Northerners, Southerners, Blacks, Whites, men, women–– holding themselves accountable for the future of a nation.

You're telling me that a chef must be familiar with every ingredient in a cupcake because of allergies, but a doctor is not required to be familiar with the contents in a vaccination.

Life is a do-it-yourself project

A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.

The eyes of our rulers have been closed, and a lethargy has seized almost every member. I fear a fatal security has taken possession of them. Whilst the building is in flames, they tremble at the expense of water to quench it.

My own inclinations must not be followed--to duty I sacrifice them.

All domestic pleasures and enjoyments are absorbed in the great and important duty you owe your country.

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

Great necessities call forth great leaders.

We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator....We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them

But when it gets dark, I'm off the hook. The day is officially rolled up and put away. I'm free to watch movies or stare at the wall, no longer holding myself accountable for what I might or might not have gotten done because the time for getting something done is over until tomorrow.

Divorce often forces people to grow up. You get over your divorce by confronting the kind of relationship there was in the marriage. You realize there aren't any victims. You recognize your own complicity in the breakup. Then you learn how to carry on a relationship that works. You can't do this intellectually; you learn through experience.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Women who miscalculate are called mothers.

morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.