Quotes about Responsibility

You can't divorce religious belief and public service ... I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

You have given me a great responsibility to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Too often, we think of sin as self-contained, point-in-time choices with no interconnection or momentum. But sin refuses to remain contained in the moment it is conceived.

Nothing worse than a man who makes excuses, blames others, and refuses responsibility for his own actions." No doubt there were real experiences that underlined the worthlessness of excuse makers for these men.

As men we cannot take our eyes off the road for even a second. One bad moment can destroy a lifetime of careful watching. One weak, selfish decision can crash a decade of keeping your eyes on the road. God grant to us Holy Throne-Room clarity at all times in every situation so that what we are really living for doesn't crash before our eyes.

When we fail to assist people responding to the gospel at church, we train our people to repeat that failure at home and at work.

Paternity is a long way from fatherhood.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

Nothing is more important than your family. Nothing comes before your responsibility to watch out for them and provide a home safe from any assault upon them, body or soul.

Men act like men at home when they realize they will be held responsible for how well they represented God to their family.

The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.