Quotes about Responsibility

If we fail to solve this moral and spiritual crisis we may be doomed like the great nations of the past.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.

It is not possible to produce a set of rules purporting to describe what a man should do in every conceivable set of circumstances.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I am truly a 'lone traveler' and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties, I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude…

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

If it isn't urgent, worry about it later

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

I was made acutely aware how far superior an education that stresses independent action and personal responsibility is to one that relies on drill, external authority and ambition.