Quotes about Responsibility
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
— Jane Goodall
Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free.
— Janette Oke
Good decisions don't so much need consensus as they need commitment.
— Jason Fried
Delegators love to pull people into meetings, too. In fact, meetings are a delegator's best friend. That's where he gets to seem important. Meanwhile, everyone else who attends is pulled away from getting real work done.
— Jason Fried
When someone takes your time, it doesn't cost them anything, but it costs you everything.
— Jason Fried
Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says "all-nighters are temporary until we've got this figured out." Unlikely. Make the change now.
— Jason Fried
Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer.
— Jason Fried
When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees.
— Jason Fried
As a manager, you have to accept the fact that people will make mistakes, but not intentionally, and that mistakes are the price of learning and self-sufficiency.
— Jason Fried
To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A big part of this is trusting people to get their work done wherever they are, without supervision."‡
— Jason Fried
You rarely regret saying no. But you often wind up regretting saying yes.
— Jason Fried
The bottom line is that you shouldn't hire people you don't trust, or work for bosses who don't trust you.
— Jason Fried