Quotes about responsibility
responsibility greatness people
Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities. Theodore Roosevelt
responsibility pride winning
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.
responsibility government america
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.
responsibility speaks-out voice
I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote. Theodore Bikel
responsibility abstract concrete
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes. Theodor Adorno
responsibility zimbabwe government
The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly. Thabo Mbeki
responsibility world phases
Life is in one of its smoother phases ... I've no responsibilities in the world except friends and students and cherishing the life of the world -- and the belief that there is enough love to go round. Margaret Mead
responsibility organization ideas
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions Margaret J. Wheatley
responsibility practice assumption
It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must naturally fail in the proper assumption and practice of his duties and responsibilities, Marcus Garvey
responsibility america government
Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices. Michael Bloomberg
responsibility government cells
Despite its potential, the federal government has restricted funding for creating new cell lines - putting the burden of any future research squarely on the shoulders of the private sector. Government's most basic responsibility, however, is the health and welfare of its people, so it has a duty to encourage appropriate scientific investigations that could possibly save the lives of millions.
responsibility successful our-world
When our executive producer, Julie Plec, told me I was going to become a hybrid I got really excited. Because theres a lot of responsibility that comes with that, especially in our world of The Vampire Diaries where Tyler is the first successful hybrid thats made. Michael Trevino
responsibility stories reader
It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow. Michael Ondaatje
responsibility
I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.
responsibility
I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike. Rob Morrow
responsibility saying success
I'm saying that you can create success for yourself but also understand that you have a responsibility to others. Jonathan Tisch
responsibility wrong
I have not been silent. I said he was wrong and I still think he was wrong. He was right to take responsibility for his actions, and he was wrong, Barbara Boxer
responsibility thinking media
I can't think of anything that would do more toward putting us back on the road to liberty and personal responsibility than for the average American, and for the news media, to come to the understanding that we are not a democracy, nor were we supposed to be. Neal Boortz
responsibility keys choices
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.
responsibility government people
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. Nancy Pelosi
responsibility inventory rooms
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
responsibility giving community
In the U.S., we've given corporations all the powers and freedoms of an individual but with none of the responsibility. Corporations need to be giving back to their communities just as much as they're taking away. Morgan Spurlock
responsibility people corn
People were always pointing the finger at the fast food industry. And I was a big fan of personal responsibility - you know, no one is forcing you to eat. We're not geese being stuffed with corn.
responsibility helping-others would-be
Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place. Morrie Schwartz
responsibility equality liberty
Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
responsibility parent blame
Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me. Mikhail Prokhorov
responsibility joining-in laughing
People who laugh so heartily at what they themselves have said, when it is not funny, dispense us accordingly, by taking upon themselves the responsibility for the mirth, from joining in it. Marcel Proust
responsibility fans individual
Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities. Lauryn Hill
responsibility choices feelings
Now that I'm feeling the responsibilities of adulthood, the choices we make become an incredible weight. Laura Marling
responsibility feelings creation
The feeling of a direct responsibility of the individual to God is almost wholly a creation of Protestantism. John Stuart Mill
responsibility choices assuming
I learned about choices and consequences and responsibility. I learned that we all have choices, even when we don't recognize them, and that those choices have consequences, not just for ourselves, but for others. We must assume responsibility for those consequences. John Sheridan
responsibility rights leader
It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders. James Hunter
responsibility home order
On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other. James Howard Kunstler