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Responsibility Quotes
"Even in the pages of the New York Times and The New Yorker, it seems the epithet 'virtuous,' when applied to an act of personal environmental responsibility, may be used only ironically. Tell me: How did it come to pass that virtue - a quality that for most of history has generally been deemed, well, a virtue - become a mark of liberal softheadedness? How peculiar, that doing the right thing by the environment - buying the hybrid, eating like a locavore - should now set you up for the Ed Begley Jr. treatment."
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"I assumed my first undivided responsibility."
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"It was horrible of a young girl to let herself be talked about; however unfounded the charges against her, she must be to blame for their having been made."
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"You are a victim only when you have decided to play the part."
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"Your life today is a direct reflection of the decisions you made and the actions you took."
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"Take accountability... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown."
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"If we ignorantly act to solely serve our agenda, we're simply slogging around in the egocentric and brackish backwaters of selfishness. Any response that comes out of that kind of cesspool will be vulgarly irresponsible."
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"We' had come to identify who was behind all the prodding and the pushing. Everything that happens to you, is really your very own. "Nobody is responsible for 'you'. 'You' are whole and sole responsible for yourself."
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"A man can never be truly free when he knows that he is neglecting his duties elsewhere."
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"We have a duty to care for the environment."
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"The rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?"
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"Understand this first and foremost that you are the center of your existence; nobody else is responsible. No matter how burdensome it feels, but you alone are responsible. If you accept this truth all sorrow will soon disappear. Because once it is clear that I am making this game, how long will it take you to destroy it?"
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"Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road."
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"One who cannot swim must not blame the water."
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"Until the end of time, living happily will remain your sole responsibility on earth."
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"If you're selfish enough to kill yourself write your suicide note on the back of your will."
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"Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required."
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"I don't think it's right that I'm part of the problem. I can't be part of the solution if I'm part of the problem."
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"A circumstance is not easy to come by and when it does, there are causes behind it. Therefore I do those things which bring an end to all the causes."
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"Don't destroy Half-Blood while we're gone," was Chiron's parting instruction. Argus pointed two fingers at his eyes and then at us. This took a few minutes since he has one hundred eyes, but we got the message - be good, or else."
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"Just following orders' is no excuse unless you're in the bedroom."
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"One gets 'headaches', because he gives headache to others."
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"My dear, please be careful.You no longer live only for yourself.You live for me as well."
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"A responsible woman is one who sees opportunities of service and responds to them quickly. In her dwells the ability to see and respond to opportunities."
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"You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine."
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"I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't."
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"Your lifestyle should show some form of responsibility for the nation where you were born and/or the nation where you live."
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"People with responsibility and people without responsibility are sorry for each other."
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"I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced of why I must retire!"
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"Addressing the interests of the audience, results in effective communication."
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"Take responsibility for your life and count solely on yourself."
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"Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriately, we will clean our cities of any dirt."
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"God doesn't punish us.We do that all by ourselves."
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"Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes."
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"One can simply never take back the words he spoke.And when you know you unintentionally did hurt someone, instead of letting it go or keeping a distance from that person, you can actually do something to mend the broken. That's the least we can do, when circumstances never are on our side; we can stick to our words and promises even if people change and fate ruins.."
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"If you are lazy, then undoubtedly you will soon become poor."
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"The devil may not be interested in preventing you from knowing the undone job. What he may do is to make you think it's somebody's job and not yours."
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"There are those that wonder which is worse: Not being able to reach out or not having anyone to reach for. There are some that ponder which is the greater ache: Not being able to tell or not having anyone that cares enough to ask. Perhaps it's not one person that is to blame, but both."
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"Protecting your treasure means to give your life for it."
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"What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka?" she asked."I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied."
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"The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions."
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"Quiet that self-sabotaging inner voice that lays blame anywhere besides at the altar of your feet. We are responsible for the quality of our lives."
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"You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are."
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"We have an obligation to make things beautiful, to not leave the world uglier than we found it."
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"I have this, this gift, I know that; and I know my obligation to it."
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"Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility."
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"You can blame people and situations for your misery, hunger, deprivation and illness, but you are the only person can be blamed for your illiteracy."
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"If your life is a miserable disaster, you might want to consider, that it's because you are doing something wrong."
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"Christians don't the moral right to be indifferent."
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