Quotes about Responsibility
He will forgive you, but he won't remove the consequences... We must learn to obey
— Francine Rivers
It's not easy for me either, but if we allow anger to reside in us, we're more guilty than they are because we know the better way.
— Francine Rivers
Sometimes you have to tell the truth, no matter how hard it is. Even when it doesn't change anything. People seem to make the same mistakes over and over again.
— Francine Rivers
We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.
— Francine Rivers
Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles.
— Francine Rivers
infant's face and brushed the tiny palm. When the baby's fingers closed around his finger, his heart raced even faster. Never had he felt such encompassing joy—and spreading terror. Am I to be his earthly father, Lord? A simple carpenter? Surely your Son deserves better than I! Joseph looked around at the dark walls of the shepherds
— Francine Rivers
We need to be patient with him." "As he's patient with them?" "No, as God is patient with us. Contrary to what you're thinking right now, Atretes shouldn't be your first concern. Our first obligation is to the Lord." "I know, but..." "You know, but are you acting according to what you know or what you feel?"
— Francine Rivers
Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ROMANS 13:11
— Francine Rivers
What about the other wifely duties? Michael glanced back at her. -When it means something more to you than work, we'll consummate the marriage
— Francine Rivers
So why should he even bother himself with this? The answer came to his mind: Because what happened to Annie Brewer was evil and evil prevails when good men do nothing.
— Frank Peretti
Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters.
— Frank Herbert
The historical system of mutual pillage and extortion stops here on Arrakis," his father said. "You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.
— Frank Herbert