Quotes About Responsibility

I was asking my friend who has children, "What if I have a baby and I dedicate my life to it and it grows up to hate me. And it blames everything wrong with its life on me." And she said, "What do you mean, 'if'?"

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.

Have children while your parents are still young enough to take care of them.

We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, and you get more feet.

Mommy gets up to give you a glass of water in the middle of the night. Mom invites your friends inside when it's raining. Mama burns your ears with the hot comb to make your hair look pretty for class picture day. Ma is sore and worn out from wringing your wet clothes and hanging them to dry; Ma needs peace and quiet at the end of the day. We don't have one of those. We have a statement of fact.

I didn't want to say Big Ma was right. Cecile was no kind of mother. Cecile didn't want us. Cecile was crazy. I didn't have to.

Most people, Kant continues, are too lazy to think for themselves. They allow guardians of various kinds to think for them, and the guardians are only too happy to take control

the worker works to live. What he earns goes into keeping his family alive, and so he passes the

Action and malice that contradicts the conscience will result in irreparable damage and pain that could linger for years.

Leaders typically don't follow the crowd, that is unless they're trying to escape a burning building.

People that complain often are usually trying to get attention. The stems from the fact they're displeased with their accomplishments and think the lack of same is the fault of others.

People who create change, change the future for others. Therefore, if you remain idle, the future will control how you change.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn't as bright as it could be.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

A mother should sacrifice herself. The world is a happy place when it can sacrifice mothers on the altar of unconditional love. . . . I can take the blame. All the blame! I'm designed for it. I'm like the village witch who gets burned when the child gets sick or the crops fail . . . If you can't blame the weather, blame the mother. Welcome to womanhood.

It boils down to this: you aren't allowed to tell them what their problem is, and in return, they aren't allowed to tell you what to build. They own the problem, you own the solution.

All right, but if anything happens, I will take Jean. You take Tumen." Fitzwilliam tapped the pommel of his sword. "And Arabella gets the cat," jack said, adding, " hardly a fair fight...poor Bell!

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

The one thing that I'm in charge of in this wedding is the food.

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid.

I think cops cause more accidents than they prevent. When you're driving and see a cop ahead, what do you do? Slam on the brakes and struggle to get your seatbelt on. Next to every accident you always see a police car. Coincidence? I think not.

Ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect

An oath is a frightening thing when you are prepared to keep it, and I felt it tightening around my soul even as I gave my pledge.

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.