Quotes about responsibility
responsibility writing stories
My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form. Raymond Carver
responsibility men order
Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities. Tariq Ramadan
responsibility people black
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history. Ta-Nehisi Coates
responsibility people mind
Rich people...take responsibility for the results in their lives and act upon the mind-set "It will work because I'll make it work." T. Harv Eker
responsibility important substance
Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility. T. D. Jakes
responsibility years ecosystems
We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth. As we learn how we fit into the greater scheme of things, and begin to understand how the system works, we can plan ahead, we can use the resources responsibly, to show some respect for this inheritance that goes back 4.6 billion years. Sylvia Earle
responsibility wells paid
We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities. Taylor Hackford
responsibility rights democracy
We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are more guilty than the perpetrators." And so, to the degree we pretend to be a democracy, we have a corresponding duty to be activist enough to prevent our human rights form being infringed upon. Ray McGovern
responsibility government balance
We're responsible for the fortunes of the company but this is a bone-dry situation in terms of access to credit. Nobody can operate on that basis unless you have large cash balances, which we don't. My concern is that the government doesn't appear to care about manufacturing. Ratan Tata
responsibility doors community
There's no sense that you can knock on your neighbor's door or be part of a local community group, and that's part of your responsibility as a human being. Rashida Jones
responsibility able dresses
There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty. Rashida Jones
responsibility judging important
Every actor is alive because of his/her fans. I'm glad that my fans love me so much. I have an immense responsibility towards them. That's why I'm careful while signing a film. What is also important is to judge whether I would like to watch the film as an audience or not. Rani Mukerji
responsibility desire goes-on
Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life is in the present. All desires distract you from the present, all desires distract you from life, all desires are destructive of life, all desires are postponements of life. Life is now and the desire takes you away, farther and farther away from now. And when we see that our life is misery we go on throwing the responsibility on others, and nobody is responsible except us. Rajneesh
responsibility ignorance ifs
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed, Thomas Jefferson
responsibility careers people
I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career. Rick Pitino
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 hard-work men
As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility. 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 records sense-of-responsibility
I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility. Talib Kweli
responsibility artist honest
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves. 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 media class
I sometimes wish the trade unionists who work in the mass media, those who are writers and broadcasters and secretaries and printers and lift operators of Thomson House would remember that they too are members of our working class movement and have a responsibility to see that what is said about us is true. Tony Benn
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 opportunity together
Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together. 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. Tony Blair
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