Quotes about responsibility
responsibility want emotion
The emotion, the ecstasy of love, we all want, but God spare us the responsibility. Jessamyn West
responsibility superhero hopeful
We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to talk about how we all might feel on that day of great power, and great responsibility. Grant Morrison
responsibility simple rights
America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to not yell 'fire' in a crowded theater. If you don't live up to that responsibility, you face certain consequences. It's a simple but effective formula. Unfortunately, tenured professors are completely insulated from it. They can scream fire in their classrooms all they want - and then hide behind their tenure if anyone questions them on it. Glenn Beck
responsibility roots modern
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities. Gilbert K. Chesterton
responsibility army people
Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility. Frank Herbert
responsibility america years
It was just one year ago that the world saw this new, invigorated United Nations in action as this Council stood fast against aggression and stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the U.N. Charter. And now it's time to step forward again, make the internal reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept the responsibilities necessary for a vigorous and effective United Nations. I want to assure the members of this Council and the Secretary-General, the United Nations can count on our full support in this task. George H. W. Bush
responsibility political lemmings
Not a moment passes these days without fresh rushes of academic lemmings off the cliffs they proclaim the political responsibilities of the critic, but eventually all this moralizing will subside. Harold Bloom
responsibility world helping
It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many Haile Selassie
responsibility fighting civilization
Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty to my people, but standing guard in the last citadel of collective security? Are they too blind to see that I have my responsibilities to the whole of humanity to face? I must still hold on until my tardy allies appear. And if they never come, then I say prophetically and without bitterness: The West will perish.
responsibility accepting authority
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
responsibility race arms
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations. Gustav Heinemann
responsibility intellectual realizing
Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. Hu Shih
responsibility important development
China and the United States have major influence in international affairs and shoulder important responsibilities in upholding world peace and promoting common development. Hu Jintao
responsibility
While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning! Howard Schultz
responsibility views wind
Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.
responsibility people needs
People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
responsibility men devil
You can do anything in the world if you say "Hey man, don't blame me, the devil made me do it." It's an easy way to escape responsibility. Ice Cube
responsibility goal african-american
It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch. Ida B. Wells
responsibility yield people
If human life is to survive on this planet, the old dualistic worldview, with people on one side and the environment on the other, must yield to a new vision that connects us with everything else and leads us to care for and take responsibility for it. Huston Smith
responsibility people disease
People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics. James Frey
responsibility realizing speak-the-truth
In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility. Iyanla Vanzant
responsibility opportunity thinking
It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
responsibility attention accepting
Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.
responsibility creating long
One of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life is taking responsibility for what you do and how you do it. As long as you can blame someone else, be angry with someone else, point the finger at someone else, you are not taking responsibility for your life.
responsibility moral creatures
What a massive responsibility, being a moral creature Isaac Marion
responsibility keys long
To build and sustain brands people love and trust, one must focus-not only on today but also on tomorrow. It's not easy...but balancing the short and long term is key to delivering sustainable, profitable growth-growth that is good for our shareholders but also good for our consumers, our employees, our business partners, the communities where we live and work, and the planet we inhabit Irene Rosenfeld
responsibility church generations
Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting. Francis Schaeffer
responsibility garden optimism
We must cultivate our garden. Furia to God one day in seven allots; The other six to scandal she devotes. Satan, by false devotion never flammed, Bets six to one, that Furia will be damned. Horace Walpole
responsibility player people
Players have responsibilities, because, whether they like it or not, they are public figures. They have to be aware that the people who come to the ground spend fortunes in relation to what they earn.
responsibility important actors
An actors most important responsibility is to know lines well. Harry Morgan
responsibility white house
There is no more important task in Washington than cleaning up the culture of corruption. Yet the president - whose White House has become the cradle of Republican corruption - is not taking responsibility for the costs of that corruption. Harry Reid
responsibility reality defense
In the one defense, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility. J. L. Austin
responsibility fringe lunatic
I don't take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion. J. K. Rowling