Responsibility Quotes

"The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."

- Gaylord Nelson

"Today’s youth does not have the luxury to have a childhood anymore. Older generations forced us into giving that away by destroying our planet. But if we strike now, if we work to undo the damage done by those before us, then maybe we can restore that luxury for the generations that follow us."

- Ciara Lonergan

"I have to work with young people today so that we try and raise new generations to look after this poor old planet better than we have, before it’s too late."

- Jane Goodall

"Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act."

- Albert Einstein

"It is important we never be a spectator to unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence."

- Christopher Hitchens

"It’s not enough that we do our best. Sometimes we have to do what’s required."

- Winston Churchill

"The difference between what we are doing and what we are capable of doing would solve most of the world’s problems."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"We have met the enemy and he is us."

- Walt Kelly

"What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on."

- Henry David Thoreau

"We can't retract the decisions we've made. We can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here."

- Law Abiding Citizen

"Watch your mouth kid, or you'll find yourself floating home"

- Han Solo

"Someone has to save our skins."

- Princess Leia

"Yeah, I’m responsible now; the price you pay for being successful."

- Lando Calrissian

"If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes."

- Henry Cloud

"When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it."

- Yo-Yo Ma

"The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means."

- Ronald Reagan

"We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible."

- Camille Paglia

"If you are lucky enough to be someone’s employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning."

- John Mackey

"You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish—not sit intending on a chair."

- E.M. Forster

"Every action has an impact, choose wisely the impact you want to have."

- Mindy Hall

"The most sacred thing I do is care and provide for my workers, my family. I give them money. I give them food. Not directly, but through the money."

- Michael Scott

"Granted, maybe this was not the best idea but at least we care enough about our employees that we are willing to fight for them. And if you so much as harm a hair on Stanley's head, we will burn Utica to the ground."

- Michael Scott

"The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel."

- Florence Nightingale

"I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'"

- O. J. Simpson

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions"

- Stephen Covey

"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."

- John C. Maxwell

"மனிதனாக பிறந்தவன் பயனின்றி அழியக்கூடாது."

"நீ ஏழையாக பிறப்பது உன் தவறில்லை. நீ ஏழையாக சாவது தான் உன் தவறு."

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."

- Unknown

"With great power there must also come — great responsibility."