Quotes about Responsibility

We may never have another Great Awakening in our nation until you and I stop pointing our finger at "them" and deal with the sin in our own hearts and lives.

God's people don't always act like God's people should.

Worry never climbed a hill, worry never paid a bill, Worry never dried a tear, worry never calmed a fear, Worry never darned a heel, worry never cooked a meal, It never led a horse to water, nor ever did a thing it "oughter."

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

Guns don't kill people, dads with daughters do.

A person will be called to account on Judgement Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.

As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the limits on applications of our understanding of the genome. Should there be limits? I think there should. I think the public has expressed their concern about ways this information might be misused.

We magnify our priesthood and enlarge our calling when we serve with diligence and enthusiasm in those responsibilities to which we are called by proper authority.

Managing your own property can be a full-time job.

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.