Quotes about responsibility
responsibility marine men
Henry David Thoreau What is wanted is men of principle, who recognize a higher law than the decision of the majority. The marines and the militia whose bodies were used lately were not men of sense nor of principle; in a high moral sense they were not men at all.
responsibility men soul-and-body
Henry David Thoreau I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.
responsibility purpose want
Henry David Thoreau The chief want, in every state that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants.
responsibility successful independence
Henry David Thoreau I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
responsibility ethics action
H. L. Hunt Each is responsible for his own actions.
responsibility childhood wake-up
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
responsibility the-end-of-the-day biggest-loser
Jillian Michaels At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.
responsibility empowering over-you
Jillian Michaels Don't blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems. When you do that, you are saying that you are powerless over your own life—which is utter crap. An empowering step to reclaiming your life is taking responsibility.
responsibility your-side acting
Jillian Michaels At some point you have to stop acting as though life is happening to you and acknowledge the ways you are happening to it. Once you take responsibility for your side of the street, you grant yourself the power to improve every aspect of your life by simply acting and behaving differently.
responsibility opportunity ideas
Jerry Greenfield Ben and I built Ben & Jerry’s on the idea that business has a responsibility to the community and environment If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It’s a process of innovation If we were going to have a business we were going to have one that was consistent with our values We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.
responsibility exercise people
Jean Vanier Many people confuse authority and the power of efficiency, as if the first role of people with responsibility is to take decisions, command effectively and so exercise power. But their role first of all is to be a person to whom others can turn for help and advice, to provide security, to affirm, to support, to encourage and to guide.
responsibility people doe
Jhene Aiko Because people love music, I feel it's my responsibility to produce more of the music and to get it out to more people, so like I said, If the mainstream route does that without compromising me being happy as a person then that's something I'll do.
responsibility people wish
Gucci Mane I take responsibility for the times I was arrested and the things that I did. Me being 33 now, I look back on those times and I wish that a lot of things I didn't do. I wish I could have back because I see how much I influence people. People wanna follow in my footsteps and I wish that I can now do more positive things, and that back then I'd done more positive things.
responsibility government support
Grover Cleveland It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.
responsibility israel favors
Golda Meir Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.
responsibility thinking artist
Gil Scott-Heron Paul Robeson once said that the artist has the responsibility to either help liberate the community or further oppress it. And I think that when Eldridge Cleaver wrote it down it was interpreted as his, but there's a history of people saying things of that nature and meaning it. And what I do is in that tradition, in that mode.
responsibility helping
Gerald Vann To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.
responsibility people body
Georgina Haig Australians just don't see that many Australian films, but it's also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies to remember that audiences want to be entertained, and people are entertained in lots of different ways.
responsibility people
Harriet Beecher Stowe One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people's alone.
responsibility care responsible
Halle Berry I take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who's responsible for me.
responsibility creativity work-out
Holly Near My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
responsibility trying actors
Holt McCallany The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.
responsibility able poverty
Iain Duncan Smith For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
responsibility land hype
Hugo Black Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
responsibility law race
Hugo Black No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned and inscribed for the benefit of every human being subject to our Constitution-of whatever race, creed or persuasion.
responsibility government people
Hugo Black The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.
responsibility avid role-models
Howard Wilkinson Gary Speed was honourable, trustworthy and a joy to manage. He was honest, he was a role model and he was a great bloke. An avid learner, he recognised responsibility and he was always fully committed.
responsibility simple years
Howard Zinn We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness-embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television. This would seem to lead to a simple conclusion: that we all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas.
responsibility ideas long
Howard Zinn We all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas.
responsibility government promise
Howard Nemerov Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.
responsibility people choices
Hosni Mubarak I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.
responsibility people honor
Hosni Mubarak The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.