Quotes about responsibility
responsibility ties who-we-are
Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must. Neil Gaiman
responsibility sacrifice rights
We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder … whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" … The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside. John Rosemond
responsibility people
It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities. John Stossel
responsibility giving one-day
Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly... John Stott
responsibility thinking awards
It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At this particular time, however, I think it would be well to consider the high duties and the responsibilities of the makers of literature. John Steinbeck
responsibility space air
There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.
responsibility people needs
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.
responsibility responsible reformation
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say Martin Luther
responsibility government defense
Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government. Mark Steyn
responsibility people pockets
The best reason to diminish social programs is not to put more money in people's pockets but to put more responsibility in people's pockets.
responsibility play volunteer
When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure. Mariella Frostrup
responsibility artist piano
My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God. Nick Cave
responsibility fate made
I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest. Napoleon Bonaparte
responsibility thinking animal
If you get yourself out of politics, religion, everything, and think as a human, think based on love to everybody, at that moment you have a choice: to be an animal, or to be a human. I choose to be a human being, with conscience and responsibility. Mosab Hassan Yousef
responsibility people my-family
I still love my people, not just my family - my people. I feel a huge responsibility for them.
responsibility vision
Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. Seth Berkley
responsibility unhappy fiduciary
The unhappy theory of business ethics is this: you have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit. Period. To do anything other than that is to cheat your investors. And in a competitive world, you don't have much wiggle room here. Seth Godin
responsibility water way
It's not reckless, because when we leap, when we dive in, when we begin, only begin, we bring our true nature to the project, we make it personal and urgent. And it's not abandon, not in the sense that we've abandoned our senses or our responsibility. In fact, abandoning the fear of fear that is holding us back is the single best way not to abandon the work, the pure execution of the work. Later, there's time to backpedal and water down. But right now, reckless please.
responsibility rocks organization
I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the corruption and the expense. An amorphous organization with no transparency, unclear lines of responsibility, huge amounts of politics and a great deal of unearned power.
responsibility people survivor
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.
responsibility people taking-responsibility
People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
responsibility people requirements
Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle. Tom Daschle
responsibility compassion names
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility. Todd Young
responsibility impact addresses
Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner.
responsibility hands needs
An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but the smallest thing that's not true reads on the screen. So if a director sees that an actor is not believable, he needs to help him become believable. Tobin Bell
responsibility people firsts
People can live tremendously rich, blissful, ecstatic lives. But the first thing is, we have to accept our responsibility. Rajneesh
responsibility maturity trying
Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost.
responsibility people together
People love freedom - but nobody wants responsibility. And they come together, they are inseparable.
responsibility light ego
Responsibility is awareness, alertness, consciousness. Ego is just unconsciousness. They cannot coexist. As you grow more conscious you grow more towards light, and anything belonging to the world of darkness starts disappearing. Ego is nothing but darkness.
responsibility thinking noses
At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes. Michelle Shocked
responsibility law demand
Our laws demand that a corporation have a fiduciary responsibility with shareholders to maximize profits. They are legally required to make as much money as possible, any way possible within 'the law.' Michael Moore
responsibility pay income
I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.
responsibility action humans
It is the responsibility of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and to question things when they are wrong.