Quotes about Responsibility

The President may have a great many powers given to him by the Constitution and may have certain powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President had is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion.

Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.

We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.

We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves.

Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good day not in terms of one in which all things were made right and comfortable for me but rather, as a day in which I have been able to make another's day more loving and special for them. We must treat each other with dignity. Not because we merit it but because we grow best in thoughtfulness.

Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God

it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What mattered and mattered desperately was our future development. Were we going to go on destroying God's creation, fighting each other, hurting the other creatures of the His planet?

Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.

When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders' meeting or my next election campaign?' The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?

How do we get people to heed the dire warnings of the people on the ground who have been fighting this danger for so long? How do we get them to take action?

Using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.

Help people realize that their actions, however small they may seem, will truly make a difference. The cumulative effect of thousands of ethical actions can help to save and improve our world for future generations. And why would you bother to take action if you did not truly hope that it would make a difference?