Quotes about responsibility
responsibility giving one-day
Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly... John Stott
responsibility thinking awards
It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At this particular time, however, I think it would be well to consider the high duties and the responsibilities of the makers of literature. John Steinbeck
responsibility space air
There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be. John Steinbeck
responsibility people needs
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it. John Steinbeck
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 creative the-end-of-the-day
As a producer you have creative control, and that's what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it's totally your responsibility, and if it works it's your responsibility and if it doesn't it's also your responsibility. Teresa Palmer
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 cnn action
When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network. Ted Turner
responsibility rights justice
Social justice is collectivism. Social justice is the rights of a group. It denies individual responsibility. It's a negation of individual responsibility, so social justice is totally contrary to the Word of God. Ted Cruz
responsibility rights justice
Social justice is group psychology, it's group rights, it's collectivisim, and it's a negation of individual responsibility, which is what the Bible teaches. Individual responsibility. And of course, social justice leads very quickly to socialism, and ultimately to communism. Ted Cruz
responsibility thinking government
How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility. Ted Cruz
responsibility government choices
This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. Ted Cruz
responsibility needs possibility
Your ability needs responsibility to expose its possibilities. Do what you can with what you have where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
responsibility evil good-and-evil
Power always brings with it responsibility. Theodore Roosevelt
responsibility past men
Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph. Theodore Roosevelt
responsibility america moral
There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility. Theodore Roosevelt
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 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. Theodore Roosevelt
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. 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 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. Michael Bloomberg
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 opportunity government
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it. Michael Mandelbaum
responsibility thinking excuse
I think to trust in the sovereignty of God does not excuse my personal responsibility. Just the opposite - it equips me to be personally responsible. Max Lucado
responsibility civilization climate-change
Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about? Maurice Strong