Quotes about responsibility
responsibility ethics action
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. Enoch Powell
responsibility
Responsibility is always a sign of trust. James Cash Penney
responsibility profit produce
The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit. James Cook
responsibility power framework
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. Franklin D. Roosevelt
responsibility power-and-responsibility great-power
Great power involves great responsibility Franklin D. Roosevelt
responsibility decision winner
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions. George Foreman
responsibility listening body
No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself. Jon Kabat-Zinn
responsibility ozone-layer effort
Do you really want to know why I'm doing all this goodwill, and why I'm an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and why I gave a million to [relief efforts for Hurricane] Katrina? It's because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It's my responsibility to right the wrongs of the Eighties. Jon Bon Jovi
responsibility thinking faces
True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for? Lu Xun
responsibility evil bird
We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling. John Churton Collins
responsibility waiting preparation
...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute. M. Russell Ballard
responsibility thinking choices
Whenever we think of ourselves as doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most. M. Scott Peck
responsibility scientist protect
Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society. John Charles Polanyi
responsibility voice agency
A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs. John Charles Polanyi
responsibility government america
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility. John Boehner
responsibility goal wish
A goal is different from a wish. You may wish to be rich, but there's no responsibility for it. With a goal, it's on you to achieve it. Robert Kiyosaki
responsibility order choices
Take responsibility for your finances or get used to taking orders for the rest of your life. You're either a master of money or a slave to it. Your choice. Robert Kiyosaki
responsibility return wealth
When you create wealth, it’s your responsibility to return it to society. Robert Kiyosaki
responsibility
These are our people. These are our children. It's our responsibility to do something about this.
responsibility writing acting
Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it, and in so doing, took responsibility for my own life. Stephen Lang
responsibility educate
The word responsibility is right, and doing everything you can to educate yourself and learn and be aware. Ellen Page
responsibility social obligation
Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. Ellen Page
responsibility rights democracy
We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are more guilty than the perpetrators." And so, to the degree we pretend to be a democracy, we have a corresponding duty to be activist enough to prevent our human rights form being infringed upon. Ray McGovern
responsibility government balance
We're responsible for the fortunes of the company but this is a bone-dry situation in terms of access to credit. Nobody can operate on that basis unless you have large cash balances, which we don't. My concern is that the government doesn't appear to care about manufacturing. Ratan Tata
responsibility doors community
There's no sense that you can knock on your neighbor's door or be part of a local community group, and that's part of your responsibility as a human being. Rashida Jones
responsibility able dresses
There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty. Rashida Jones
responsibility judging important
Every actor is alive because of his/her fans. I'm glad that my fans love me so much. I have an immense responsibility towards them. That's why I'm careful while signing a film. What is also important is to judge whether I would like to watch the film as an audience or not. Rani Mukerji
responsibility desire goes-on
Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life is in the present. All desires distract you from the present, all desires distract you from life, all desires are destructive of life, all desires are postponements of life. Life is now and the desire takes you away, farther and farther away from now. And when we see that our life is misery we go on throwing the responsibility on others, and nobody is responsible except us. Rajneesh
responsibility ignorance ifs
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed, Thomas Jefferson
responsibility careers people
I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career. Rick Pitino
responsibility government sight
In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized. Rick Perry
responsibility hard-work men
As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility. Rick Perry
responsibility exercise might
Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility. Tammy Bruce