Quotes about responsibility
responsibility impact suffering
Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon. Marc Morial
responsibility blood hands
The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state. Simon Callow
responsibility lottery discharge
We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility? Sheryl WuDunn
responsibility get-better students
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession. Neil Peart
responsibility people alive
A responsibility of literature is to make people awake, present, alive. If the writer wanders, then the reader, too, will wander. Natalie Goldberg
responsibility waiting forever
This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.
responsibility done young
Young women are now looking at me for cues. That's definitely been a responsibility. But I feel like I was ready to take on something like this because I wanted to be challenged and I wanted to be afraid, and that's definitely what it's done for me. Tatiana Maslany
responsibility actors care
I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.
responsibility artist people
I've learned a lot about the limits of what I can do, as an artist, or what I'm willing to do. It's a lot of responsibility to carry a show and to speak to people on different levels.
responsibility people citizens
I use the phrase "fellow citizen" all the time when referring to the - people always say, "The American people, the American people." I prefer the phrase fellow citizen because there's a power in that, there's a responsibility, there's a duty in using that phrase fellow citizen. Tavis Smiley
responsibility compassion self
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance. Tara Brach
responsibility dark may
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope. Josh Radnor
responsibility identity mute
I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility, Kate Millett
responsibility years weight
The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear. Kate Morton
responsibility media ridiculous
I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous. Kate Moss
responsibility knowing issues
And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done. Justin Guarini
responsibility essence soul
Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our egos throughout our lives? How else can we connect with our essence, the source of our calling? Lance Secretan
responsibility people nuclear
Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons ... This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die. John Kenneth Galbraith
responsibility community financial
The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.
responsibility marketing bucks
Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive. John D. Rockefeller
responsibility men privilege
A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesnt have of given birth to another human being. Peter Kreeft
responsibility thinking expectations
There was a lot of expectations and pressure on the first one, because the fanbase is pretty big, when we were shooting the movie. I think the whole cast was aware of the responsibility we had to tell Stephanie's (Meyer) story, to try to get it right and take our work seriously. Peter Facinelli
responsibility
You have to live to the responsibility of the person who has won, which is even greater than the responsibility of a person who has lost. Peter Brook
responsibility heart practice
If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s the true practice of peace. Pema Chodron
responsibility unique compassion
Some of us can accept others right where they are a lot more easily than we can accept ourselves. We feel that compassion is reserved for someone else, and it never occurs to us to feel it for ourselves. My experience is that by practicing without 'shoulds,' we gradually discover our wakefulness and our confidence. Gradually, without any agenda except to be honest and kind, we assume responsibility for being here in this unpredictable world, in this unique moment, in this precious human body.
responsibility ethics environment
Ethics is the new competitive environment Peter Robinson
responsibility organization political
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed. Peter Coyote
responsibility bigger contracts
The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility. Pedro Martinez
responsibility bedroom prohibition
Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation. Pierre Trudeau
responsibility firsts oneself
Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others! Phyllis Bottome
responsibility self discipline
Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.
responsibility men race
Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply different races. Phyllis McGinley
responsibility issues light
Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world. Q'orianka Kilcher