Quotes about Responsibility

Another sign of our effectual calling is diligence in our ordinary calling. Some boast of their high calling, but they lie idly at anchor. Religion does not seal warrants to idleness. Christians must not be slothful. Idleness is the devil's bath; a slothful person becomes a prey to every temptation. Grace, while it cures the heart, does not make the hand lame. He who is called of God, as he works for heaven, so he works in his trade.

Many are called, but few chosen " (Matt. xx. 16). This external call is insufficient to salvation, yet sufficient to leave men without excuse.

A godly man spiritualizes duty; he is not only for the doing of holy things but for the holy doing of things.

Worldly business often crowds into our duties, and while our mouths are speaking to God, our hearts are thinking of the world:

I don't want to be responsible for messing up someone. I don't want to be responsible for that, because the things that happened in The Verve, it was heavy stuff. It was real. It wasn't just frivolous nonsense, you know what I mean? There was real people's lives.

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Courage can be many things, but the secret of courage is simply and honestly to admit your feelings of failure. And then with God's help go on and do your job in spite of them.