Responsibility Quotes

[A]nd soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else

I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of life itself

Leadership is about taking charge and influencing others to follow your vision. It's about going against the odds and accepting responsibility for the outcomes along the way

Bringing Mid-World to a new readership felt like a big responsibility, but I'm so glad that readers have enjoyed the story. That is a reward in itself.

What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin.

When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.

Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?

You are the person who determines what you do. That's a big responsibility. Make the most of it.

Ive no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

We have a greater responsibility to act than those who live in ignorance. Once you become knowledgeable, you have an obligation to do something about it.

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.

Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not to report what these scientists say.

I've borrowed tons of jewelry. Most people [in Hollywood] do. But it's your responsibility to keep track of it.

Climate change and energy use are global problems - News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.

Often I have struggled for days to get the image of the photograph to overlap the spirit I see. It is an awesome responsibility, and a lonely one.

Education must assume full responsibility to enter the moral and spiritual lives of pupils.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable.

I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.

I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility to the communities that I speak to.

I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.

I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.

We have a Bill of Rights, which protects each of us from a bullying society, but no Bill of Responsibilities, which would oblige us to answer to the needs of others.

I will resign as party leader to take full responsibility for troubling the public and party supporters.

She was really strong around me. Having me at 16 had to have been a big responsibility. My mom gave up everything for me, had three jobs, supported me, sacrificed her life for me.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

We happily give up our freedom and our income in exchange for having someone else take responsibility for telling us what to do next.

Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it.

I don't believe in journalists having 'responsibility.'

I have a responsibility to my children to be fit and healthy.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

What makes a man a man are his deeds, his responsibilities, and his reactions... These things are also what makes a man a monster.

When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.

I'm really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It's a great job, it's a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more.

We have as Americans a right to be here, and we also have a responsibility to build bridges of reconciliation with the families of those who died on 11 September.

I am a fast cook. I have to be, as I am a busy person with many responsibilities and don't have a lot of time for cooking.

We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

Contemporary culture is not very good on responsibility.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do.

Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment.

I think it's a responsibility for everyone to give back.

Don’t get me wrong. Being a mom is no picnic. Raising the kids is the mother’s responsibility. It’s a thankless, solitary job, like sheriff or Pope.

If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.

Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.

If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners?

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.