Explore Quotes on Responsibility

We have many responsibilities, and one cannot expect the full blessings of a kind Providence if he neglects any major duty. A man has duties to his church, his home, his country, and his profession or job.

...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.

Whatever new threats and challenges may emerge, our nation will be able to face them squarely, deal with them, and yet allow our people to continue to live free and unafraid. The decisions you make, the courage and creativity you bring to your responsibilities, will determine America's future. Liberty and our way of life are fragile gifts - their care is in your hands. We thank you for stepping forward to shoulder that immense responsibility. Your country is grateful, and proud of each of you.

Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as part of their responsibility to the enterprise itself. It is an area of social impact of the business. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!

I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.

Education, especially business education will only give you tools. What you do with these tools is all that matters. Life and business isn’t paint by numbers. You have to think for yourself. You have to invent yourself. You have an inferred fiduciary mandate to yourself, and that means, it’s your responsibility to learn people skills, and language skills, in order to increase your chances of success. You also have to be at the right place, at the right time, with the right thing. Mostly and invariably, the real product you’re going to be selling is….you.

It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.

Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children’s children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

And I take full responsibility for my actions and whatever consequences my peers see fit.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

I'm constantly running away from everything. I'm running away from things on a daily basis. I run away from relationships. I run away from responsibilities.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

As actors, it is our responsibility to read the newspapers, and then say what we read on television like it's our own opinion.