Quotes about Responsibility
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
— John Updike
I look upon the world as my parish.
— John Wesley
Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?
— John Wesley
October 6, 1774 I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy 2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and 3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.
— John Wesley
Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God's money will I keep for myself?
— John Wesley
Do not impute to money the faults of human nature.
— John Wesley
I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
— John Wooden
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
— John Wooden
Discipline yourself and others won't need to.
— John Wooden
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
— John Wooden
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
— John Wycliffe
That so-called faith in Christ which professes to release men from the obligation of obedience to God, is not faith, but presumption. "By grace are ye saved through faith." But "faith, if it hath not works, is dead." Ephesians 2:8; James 2:17.
— Ellen White