Responsibility Quotes

"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them."

- Lois McMaster Bujold

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

- George Bernard Shaw

"As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees."

- Solomon Ortiz

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is youre the pilot."

- Michael Altshuler

"If we are to fight discrimination and injustice against women we must start from the home for if a woman cannot be safe in her own house then she cannot be expected to feel safe anywhere."

- Aysha Taryam

"Violence needs to stop. All of us - men and women - need to speak up and teach our children that violence is never the solution. Together we can all make a difference. The best place to start is with yourself."

- Will Young

"Ours is the responsibility to keep our lights bright for others to see and follow."

- Thomas S. Monson

"But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people."

- Kristin Cashore

"Knowingly we don’t have time to help and love people but unknowingly we always manage to have time to hurt them."

- Sushan R. Sharma

"So much is asked of parents, and so little is given."

- Virginia Satir

"Parenting is a life time job and does not stop when a child grows up."

- Jake Slope

"Parenthood…It’s about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last."

- Peter Krause

"Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work."

- Adrienne Rich

"Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles."

- Tina Fey

"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained."

- Helen Keller

"Parents can only give good advice or put them [children] on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

- Anne Frank

"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might."

- Marian Anderson

"The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people."

- James A. Garfield

"To function in a knowledge economy, most organizations need people who read."

- David Allen

"We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

- Chief Seattle

"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."

- Andy Warhol

"Friendship isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being there when it matters most."

"Friendship means being there for each other, no matter what."

"Habeas corpus"

"Veto"

"respondeat superior (let the master answer)"

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who guards the guards?)"

"Faber est suae quisque fortunae."

"Just because it’s explainable, doesn’t mean it’s excusable."

- Anonymous

"Ownership is not a matter of holding things but a matter of holding on to things."