Responsibility Quotes

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."

If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.

We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment.

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Our responsibility is to get God's word to their ears. Only God can get the word from their ears to their heart.

If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.

The more knowledge, the more responsibility. The more love, the more ability.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You and I own this country, and we are responsible for what happens to it.

If I find here and Now unacceptable, I have three choices: 1-Totally accept it. 2- Change it. 3-Remove myself from the situation. That is taking responsibility for my life.

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

We all have a responsibility to create a just society

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?

Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company of Jesus.

Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

The writer's only responsibility is to his art...If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.

I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you.