Quotes about Responsibility
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."
— Martin Luther
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
— Thomas Paine
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
— Henry Cloud
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
— Booker T. Washington
Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.
— David O. McKay
The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
— Millard Fillmore
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
— Abraham Lincoln
Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.
— Rick Warren
Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
— Dallas Willard
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
— Andrew Carnegie
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.
— John Calvin