Quotes about Responsibility
For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.
— Elie Wiesel
The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
— Aristotle
A man is the origin of his action.
— Aristotle
What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
— Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
— Aristotle
We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord.
— Arthur C. Clarke
When things go well, the quarterback is the one who sees all the attention. When things go wrong, they are the ones who get criticized the most.
— Donovan McNabb
When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.
— Cris Carter
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
'What would Jesus do?' or 'What would He have me do?' are the paramount personal questions of this life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
— Flume
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
— Anne Lamott