Responsibility Quotes

"I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better."

- Jeffrey Fry

"My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That’s always been my motivation—to take care of the people who rely on me."

- Tony Parsons

"A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing."

- Bruce Lee

"Freedom is only part of the story and half the truth. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplanted by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast."

- James C. Collins

"CPAs are not just auditors; they are custodians of fiscal responsibility."

- Robert Johnson

"Certified Public Accountants: where accountability is not just a duty but a calling."

- Jessica Turner

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

"The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people’s hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice."

- John Adams

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."

- Samuel Adams

"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."

- John Quincy Adams

"The way to be patriotic in America is not only to love America, but to love the duty that lies nearest to our hand, and to know that in performing it we are serving our country."

- Woodrow Wilson

"The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism."

- Barack Obama

"At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure."

- Erin Cummings

"What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year."

- Vern McLellan

"That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds. So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it."

- Quran

"The people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds. So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it"

- Quran

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

- Winston Churchill

"And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good."

- Quran 7:56

"And whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burdens."

- Quran 4:85

"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation."

- Henry Miller

"Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."

- General Douglas MacArthur

"On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind."

- Dan Lipinski

"If any of you need anything at all, too bad. Deal with your problems yourselves, like adults."

- Ron Swanson

"This task was appointed to you. And if you do not find a way, no one will."

- Galadriel

"Great freedom comes with plenty of responsibility. So have fun and live smart."

"Accountability is not just an accounting principle; it’s a way of living."

"O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided."

"And every soul will be fully compensated [for] what it did; and He is most knowing of what they do."

"Whoever does a good deed – it is for himself; and whoever does evil – it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned."

"Never will your relatives or your children benefit you; the Day of Resurrection He will judge between you. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing."