Quotes About Responsibility

Se Deus não existisse, tudo seria permitido'', diz um personagem de Dostoiévski. Não é verdade, porque, crente ou não, tu não se permite tudo: tudo, inclusive o pior, não seria digno de ti! (...) Não é porque Deus existe que devo agir bem; é porque devo agir bem que posso necessitar - não para ser virtuoso, mas para escapar do desespero - de crer em Deus.

Não é porque Deus existe que devo agir bem; é porque devo agir bem que posso necessitar - não para ser virtuoso, mas para escapar do desespero - de crer em Deus.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

We are almost always the craftsman of our own unhappiness.

Pasaulis sutvarkytas taip, kad aš pats atsakau ir už graž? or?, ir už audr? - ir ne vien savyje, bet aplink save.

Un hombre que ama a su esposa debe estar comprometido en cuidarla y protegerla antes y después de su muerte. Seamos responsables con el amor de nuestra vida…

we must all care for one another—this is our task in life. But also we must care for ourselves, which means we must be careful in our decisions, careful in our relationships, careful in our statements. We must manage our lives carefully, in order to avoid becoming victims.

It's one of those showers that make you think you should write a check to several environmental groups – and maybe plant a tree.

The tennis bag is a lot like your heart—you have to know what's in it at all times.

Frankie's chief virtue in my book is the way he talks about his kids.

I know there are few children in the world who could have seen that ball, let alone hit it. But I take no pride in my reflexes, and I get no credit. It's what I'm supposed to do. Every hit is expected, every miss a crisis.

Years later I would hear my father say the divorce had left him dating his children. That still meant picking us up every Sunday for a matinee and, if he had the money, an early dinner somewhere.

When I thought of the word "man," I could only think of those who could defend themselves and those they loved.

Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

I don't think I could love you if your nose fell off because you wouldn't take reasonable care of it.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.

Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Do you blame the sword for killing? It is the hand and brain behind it which holds the responsibility!

Eat your breakfast. We have a train to board." - Daniel "I'm not a child, Captain." - Julianna "Yes. I am very much aware of that fact, thank you." - Daniel

No matter what they do, our elected representatives don't give a fuck anymore about public opinion! They take drugs, frequent whores, rob, steal, cheat, sell themselves, commit perjury, make deals with the Mafia, and what happens to them? The newspapers talk about it for, oh, three days maybe? Then everybody forgets about it. But you—you who exposed the scandal, they won't forget about you, nosirree, you can count on that, and they'll make you pay for it.

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

There are some words that once spoken will split the world in two. There would be the life before you breathed them and then the altered life after they'd been said. They take a long time to find, words like that. They make you hesitate. Choose with care. Hold on to them unspoken for as long as you can just so your world will stay intact.