Quotes about responsibility
responsibility born
We are not born for ourselves alone. Marcus Tullius Cicero
responsibility men giving
One can feel the urge, the need to give, coming from within him. He is such a pure and true person. It’s my deepest, most heartfelt conviction that Michael Jackson is a good person, a fine young man with an incredible burden - responsibility - to carry on his shoulders. Marcel Marceau
responsibility thinking years
I think just in general there's a bunch of films that mattered to me that didn't reach their potential, and on some level you have to assume responsibility for that. And I think over the years that gets difficult. Kiefer Sutherland
responsibility exercise animal
It is man's intrinsic and irreducible self-responsibility to humanize himself, to exercise his entire range of rational and moral resources to raise his mode of being and seeing and acting above not just that of animals, but also above that of the majority of subhuman (never to be self-realized) humans who will never draw themselves into a self-punishing position of focal self-diagnosis and self-accountability. Kenny Smith
responsibility ideas justice
The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy. Ken MacLeod
responsibility fate giving
[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism. Margaret Thatcher
responsibility men independence
We very much hope that as we get growth that we can reduce the burden of taxation, that we can reduce income tax and increase the amount of genuine free enterprise and business enterprise... This is going... toward the restoration of the personal responsibility, the independence, with every man a property owner, every man a capitalist.
responsibility pride loss
But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'
responsibility men effort
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality of our lives, will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and to turn round and help, by our own efforts, those who are unfortunate. There's no such thing as entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation
responsibility men self
Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.
responsibility loss anxiety
we middle-aged folk have the education of life, truly; we know the multiplication table of anxieties and sorrows, the subtraction table of loss, the division table of responsibility. Margaret Deland
responsibility people genius
I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.
responsibility patriotism speak
Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. Mark Twain
responsibility choices made
The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer. Larry Wall
responsibility tired acting
When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. Lake Bell
responsibility ethics duty
Duty is what one expects from others. Oscar Wilde
responsibility destiny people
One is that we are all responsible for our actions, our behavior, and our words, and we must take responsibility for everything we say and do. I am the architect of my destiny. You can`t blame other people for things that happened to you. Madonna Ciccone
responsibility writing self
China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it. Ma Jian
responsibility equality men
It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end. Lydia M. Child
responsibility ability
Responsibility is the ability to respond. Lucille Ball
responsibility giving people
You've got to take responsibility for the hell that you've been giving to our people not only in America, but in Haiti and the Caribbean, and now in Africa. [Hillary] Clinton, your hand is bloody Louis Farrakhan
responsibility people waiting
I don't live a very posh life. There are no drivers waiting or people doing everything for me. I pretty much live like a normal person. . . . It's not good to have a life without responsibilities, you know ?. Liv Tyler
responsibility complicated life-is
My life is very complicated. I have a lot of things going on. I am juggling a lot of responsibilities. There is so much going on that it is astounding, it really is. Michael Jackson
responsibility musician fellowship
I feel that musicians are in a fellowship, and that fellowship is a responsibility. Meshell Ndegeocello
responsibility past people
The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly. Melissa Bean
responsibility accountability phrases
But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.
responsibility reality law
The Fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility. Martin Heidegger
responsibility player pressure
I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well. Mark Messier
responsibility water people
People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?! Marion Barry
responsibility feelings wish
I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody - I don't know who or what - maybe myself. I have feelings some days where there are scenes with a lot of responsibility, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.' Marilyn Monroe
responsibility accountability environment
The degradation of our environment is undeniably a direct result of our lack of regard, lack of accountability, and lack of responsibility. Nikki Reed
responsibility class people
God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings. Nikki Giovanni
responsibility learning listening
I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )