Quotes about Responsibility

The only way we have of influencing the future is to own the present, however we find it.

Parenting and family life can be a perfect field for mindfulness practice, but it's not for the weak-hearted, the selfish or lazy, or the hopelessly romantic. Parenting is a mirror that forces you to look at yourself. If you can learn from what you observe, you just may have a chance to keep growing yourself.

Following Jesus isn't something you can do at night where no one notices. It's a twenty-four-hour-a-day commitment that will interfere with your life. That's not the small print—that's a guarantee.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

You are the most important part of the family. Take care of yourself first. Then you'll be able to take care of everyone else even better.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

Never put business before family.

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

Once you've left the concept of family, you've left the concept of kingdom

If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.