Responsibility Quotes

We should distinguish between responsibility and guilt. Guilt only touches the ones who committed the crimes but the son of a criminal is not a criminal himself.

It is the responsibility of people like me and people who believe in the true Islam to stand up and say, that blasphemy is not punishable by death.

Duty is what one expects from others.

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching?

Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them.

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

Peace comes not because your prayer has been answered exactly as you prayed it, but because you shifted your focus and the burden of responsibility on to Him.

There are very few ethnic LGBT characters on television, so I am honored to represent them. I love supporting this cause, but it’s a big responsibility, and sometimes it’s a lot of pressure on me.

To fall in love means to fall into something... And that something is responsibility.

You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

Each is responsible for his own actions.

Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.

Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.

Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.

Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.

A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

People were always pointing the finger at the fast food industry. And I was a big fan of personal responsibility - you know, no one is forcing you to eat. We're not geese being stuffed with corn.

Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.

The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.

When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond satisfying the market's every whim and desire.

Liberate yourself from the illusion of culture. Take responsibility for what you think and what you do.

Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being..... doing.... having, or feeling.

Any time you put on the mouthpiece of somebody that you're not, there's a professional responsibility to get it right. I did a great deal of research in both of those arenas.

A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

We each have a covenant responsibility to be sensitive to the needs of others and serve as the Savior did-to reach out, bless, and uplift those around us.

All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine.

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.

Take responsibility for finding your one true love

The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord.

I take my responsibilities very seriously.

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility.