Quotes about Responsibility
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
— Cicero
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man's life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
— Pope John Paul II
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man's interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
— Aristotle
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
— Barack Obama
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led by a Prophet, but a mere man.
— Brigham Young
To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.
— Brigham Young