Quotes about Responsibility

There are certain things no one can do for you.

You've already learned, haven't you, that a promise made is not always a promise kept? Just because someone is called your dad, that doesn't mean he will act like your dad. Even though they said "yes" on the altar, they may say "no" in the marriage.

If I'm not saved by my works, then why work? If I'm not saved by the law, then why keep the law? If I'm not saved by what I do, then why do anything?" You've got to admit, grace is risky. There is the chance that people will take it to an extreme. There is the possibility that people will abuse God's goodness.

Anxiety increases as perceived control diminishes.

consequence free.

there are times when hearts grow so hard and ears so dull that God turns us over to endure the consequences of our choices.

The genius of Jesus' example is that the burden of bridge building falls on the strong

8Whoever does not care for his own relatives, especially his own family members, has turned against the faith and is worse than someone who does not believe in God.

Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist, and man is in consequence forlorn, for he cannot find anything to depend on within or without himself."1

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

To those who are given much, much is expected.