Quotes about Responsibility
It is in deeds that man becomes aware of what his life really is.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Just as man is not alone in what he is, he is not alone in what he does. A mitsvah is an act which God and man have in common.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
He is in need of the work of man for the fulfillment of His ends in the world.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Rabbi Tarfon said: "You are not called upon to complete the task, yet you are not free to evade it." Whatever we do is only a partial fulfillment; the rest is completed by God.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.
— Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
— Abraham Lincoln
Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
— Abraham Lincoln
in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
— Abraham Lincoln
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
— Abraham Lincoln
The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.
— Abraham Lincoln
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
— Abraham Lincoln
I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
— Abraham Lincoln