Quotes about Responsibility

The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool.

I think that every living person, every person who is awake to the functioning principles within his reality has a moment where he stops blaming the problems in the world on group thinking, on humanity and authority, and starts to face himself. I hate this more than anything. This is the hardest principle within christian spirituality for me to deal with. The problem is not out there, the problem is the needy beast of a thing living in my chest.

Nothing is going to change in congo until you and i figure out what is wrong with the person inside the mirror

It makes me wonder how many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

Anybody who wants to get their way says that Jesus supports their view. But that isn't Jesus' fault.

What goes on in the other person's soul is none of your business. All you're responsible for is your soul, nobody else's.

The entire world is falling apart because nobody will admit they are wrong.

Asking forgiveness involves giving power to the person you're seeking forgiveness from.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

I told her how frustrating it is to be a Christian in America, and how frustrated I am with not only the church's failures concerning human rights, but also my personal failure to contribute to the solution.

It is when people do not allow God to show up through them, she realized, that the world collapses in on itself.

Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.