Responsibility Quotes

The providence of God does not relieve us of our human responsibility: it doesn't call for inactivity, it calls for activity.

If people are being downtrodden and mistreated, it's our obligation, it's our responsibility to speak out, not just for ourselves but for others.

Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.

When people disappoint you, it's just as much your responsibility to be aware of it and what you don't want.

I'm an atheist how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.

It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

Marriage takes perseverance and determination. There are always opportunities to walk away from marriage but I feel very strongly that you have a responsibility once you start a family.

I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.

The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.

I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility.

Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.

It's our responsibility as humans to take care of each other.

We are not responsible to God for the soul that are saved, but we are responsible for the Gospel that is preached, and for the way in which we preach it

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.

Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man's origin, capacity and responsibility.

Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.

It was Rousseau who was largely responsible for the problem by giving currency to the idea that freedom can exist without responsibility and discipline.

Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.

Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.

Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.

Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.

I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

If I do an interview, then I take full responsibility. I figure I'm not going to talk to anyone that I think is unethical anyway.

Among the responsibilities, we will be ending the bleeding of jobs from our country and negotiating fair trade deals for our citizens.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness.

Find a balance between one's responsibility as a white person to confront acts of racism and one's subconscious sense of power and privilege over people of color when reacting to the [racist] event.

Curiously enough, it is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

... resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal.

I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.

The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

The overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the responsibility for this change.

That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.

Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.

When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.

Composing's not voluntary, you know. There's no choice, you're not free. You're landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea.

The craving for power is in itself a sign of inferior abilities and unfitness for responsibility.

If you want to create a beautiful world, people in positions of responsibility and power should know a certain sense of joyfulness and peacefulness.

Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

I want to live like a man.

Vengeance is disappointing, always.

I must decide if you deserve to die.

One lot apiece, one chance to undo an error or secure a fate.