Quotes about responsibility
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 thinking hip-hop
I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures. Talib Kweli
responsibility thinking essence
Money is like a canvas or a shape shifter. It's like whatever you project on that canvas, that's what money is for you. Really, in its essence it's power. Most people relate to money the way they relate to power. They either think other people have it, and they don't and they're mad about it, or they feel fearful of it like having it would be a burden or a responsibility. Tony Robbins
responsibility self iraq
Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing this out of a responsibility to protect innocent people at risk of horrible death from the most violent people imaginable.Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing this out of a responsibility to protect innocent people at risk of horrible death from the most violent people imaginable. Tony Abbott
responsibility thinking work-out
I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center right can cooperate and work together. Who don't like this sort of insurgent populism because we think it's not really going to deliver for the people, I think there's a big responsibility on us in the center to get our act together. And to work out radical but serious solutions to the problems people face. Tony Blair
responsibility journey thinking
I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
responsibility looks steps
I have a very Socratic approach - I pummel the designers with questions, so when I get them to step back from the work and look at it with me, they'll eventually see what I see, coming to it fresh and unencumbered. That's always very gratifying because they feel a responsibility and an ownership of a solution. Tim Gunn
responsibility self-improvement analysis
In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. Thomas Merton
responsibility opportunity men
Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. Ronald Reagan
responsibility cutting years
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out. Stuart Symington
responsibility opportunity possibility
Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment. Sri Chinmoy
responsibility stories concerned
My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences. Tom Verducci
responsibility giving seems
It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them. Tim Ferriss
responsibility intelligent people
Religions have a special responsibility to encourage and inspire people to love planet earth, which as far as we know, is the only place in the cosmos that works in such a harmonious way that it can support intelligent life. Thomas Keating
responsibility gun car
If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners? Stephen King
responsibility firsts turns
I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours. Rosario Dawson
responsibility hard-work rose
I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no. Steve Wilkos
responsibility inspire obstacles
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
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. Seth Godin
responsibility people taking-responsibility
People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
responsibility mental-health physical-health
Even with mental health as well as physical health, it's about taking responsibility and knowing that you're part of the solution always. Mariel Hemingway
responsibility opportunity land
John is very aware of the responsibilities that come with being a landowner. I also feel that way. We both see landownership as a personal investment, but also an opportunity to contribute to the well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. Ted Turner
responsibility people world
There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no. We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world. Theodore Roosevelt
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 thinking make-you-think
You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility. Philip Roth
responsibility ladders facts
When you take out individual initiative, individual responsibility, and the hope that every individual is born with, to better their lives, to climb the economic ladder, to pursue happiness, that is, in fact, a neoslavery. Niger Innis
responsibility men doe
I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities. Nicolas Sarkozy
responsibility hard-work choices
Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free. Melody Beattie
responsibility blessing liberty
With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it Michael Reagan
responsibility justice citizens
One of my responsibilities is to make sure that justice is done for our citizens . . . . I want this case to be completed. Until that happens, it will continue to burden our relationship. Michael Kirby
responsibility motherhood mind
Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility to protect and defend that human being. Erma Bombeck
responsibility caring equal-pay
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on! Frances O'Grady
responsibility thinking ethics
Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking. George Hickenlooper