Quotes on Responsibility

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.

The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.

Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.

In life, you get one choice over and over again. That is to take conditions as they are or take responsibility for changing them.

If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part of my responsibility as a citizen - like paying taxes, only less soul crushing.

Germany's historical responsibility will not expire. We want to live up to it - and you should judge us on it.

Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution.

When people feel like, 'Lenders weren't fair with me; I don't have any responsibility to be fair with them.' If we go far enough down that line, much of the fabric of our economy starts to unravel.

Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.

Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our neighborhoods and our culture, I feel a responsibility to do something. I can see what's wrong with the system - that we have to recognize mental illness as we do cancer or broken bones - and how we need to make it better.

A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings.

It is not my responsibility to determine whether Mr. Kavanaugh deserves to sit on the Supreme Court. My responsibility is to tell the truth.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.