Responsibility Quotes

"It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country."

- Paul Farmer

"Wear the white coat with dignity and pride, It is an honor and privilege to get to serve the public as a physician."

- Bill H. Warren

"Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around."

- Frank A. Clark

"I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington."

- John F. Kennedy

"Running is just you, the work you put in, and the clock. You can’t cheat yourself. If you don’t put in the miles, you can’t go to the starting line thinking you’re going to pull a miracle out of nowhere. You get out exactly what you put in."

- Des Linden

"Protocol one: link to Pilot. Protocol two: uphold the mission. Protocol three: protect the Pilot."

- Bt-7274

"You can’t undo what you’ve already done, but you can face up to it."

- Frank Coleridge

"You must always remember that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

- Youngster (Pokémon Blue/Red/Yellow)

"Every action has the potential to fill or empty one's heart."

- Rose (Street Fighter Alpha 3)

"Life isn’t just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much more than just DNA. Through speech, music, literature, and movies… what we’ve seen, heard, felt… anger, joy, and sorrow… these are the things I will pass on. That’s what I live for. We need to pass the torch, and let our children read our messy and sad history by its light. We have all the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human race will probably come to an end sometime, and new species may rule over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the responsibility to leave what traces of life we can. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing."

- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

"Had to be me… Someone else might have got it wrong."

- Mass Effect 3

"My actions are my only true belongings."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Our own life has to be our message."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Everything you do has some effect, some impact."

- Dalai Lama

"Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice."

- Edwin Louis Cole

"Take care of your patients and everything else will fall into place."

- Thomas Frist

"Sometimes, we have to look beyond what we want and do what’s best."

- Piccolo

"Searching for someone to blame is such a pain."

- Satoru Gojo

"If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third."

- Pete Rose

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best."

- Joe DiMaggio

"I have pledged myself and my colleagues in the cabinet to a continuous encouragement of initiative, responsibility and energy in serving the public interest. Let every public servant know, whether his post is high or low, that a man's rank and reputation in this Administration will be determined by the size of the job he does, and not by the size of his staff, his office or his budget."

- John F. Kennedy

"We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect."

- John F. Kennedy

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

- John F. Kennedy

"The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God."

- Daniel Webster

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

- Mark Twain

"Long distance training can be a positive and constructive form of selfishness. After all, once you’re at the starting line, you’re there by yourself. No one can run a single step for you. No one can jump in and help you. No one but you can make the decisions about what to do to keep going. It’s all up to you."

"We who have touched war have a duty to bring the truth about war to those who have not had a direct experience of it. We are the light at the tip of the candle. It is really hot, but it has the power of shining and illuminating. If we practice mindfulness, we will know how to look deeply into the nature of war and, with our insight, wake people up so that together we can avoid repeating the same horrors again and again."

"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand."

"The past is my heritage; the present – my responsibility; the future – my challenge."

"The best way to make a friend is to be one."