Quotes about Responsibility

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living; there must be shame at the thought of shirking the hard work of the world, and at the same time delight in the many-sided beauty of life

It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a president, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

My actions are my only true belongings.

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.

On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done.