Quotes about Responsibility

If you let people own their land, they take care of it. That's why privately owned land is always taken care of, and the parks look like cesspools. Nobody takes care of what everybody owns.

Something's very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.

Work allows us to take care of God's creation and bring glory to Him as His stewards.

Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Husbands and fathers, get on your knees before God and accept your place as head of your household. You are the prophet from God to your family. This is not a lightweight thing; it takes a commitment on your part to fulfill your responsibilities. Get yourself straight before God, then see to your children.

It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will.

As a democratic society, Malawi has a moral obligation to ensure that each and every injustice, whether through acts of commission or omission, is met with deliberate and tangible action.

Life is not yours to take.

We can deny reality, but we can't deny the consequences of denying reality.

All that's required for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

The problem with sin is that, if you have a conscience, you pay whether you're caught or not. Charles James's Diary