Quotes about Responsibility
When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.
— Mark Twain
A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.
— Mark Twain
The fault is in the system and not in the men.
— Peter Drucker
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
— Publilius Syrus
When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.
— Oscar Wilde
We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Even though Eve ate the fruit first, God went looking for Adam. It had been Adam whom God had revealed himself to as LORD God in the context of giving Adam divine instruction.
— Tony Evans
Jesus wants men who will rule well.
— Tony Evans
There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.
— Victor Hugo
A man's life is always dealing with permanence, that is the most dangerous kind of irresponsibility is to think of your doings as temporary.
— Wendell Berry
Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.
— Will Rogers