Responsibility Quotes

"Adoption is a commitment that you enter into blindly, but it is no different than adding a child by birth. It is essential that adopting parents are committed to making it work, committed to parenting this child for the rest of their lives, and committed to parenting through the tough stuff."

- Brooke Randolph

"I Am The One They Call When Things Go Wrong, And Things Have Indeed Gone Wrong."

- Mr. Cobra Bubbles

"For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command."

- Admiral Arleigh Burke

"Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities."

- Janet Reno

"Mothers – especially single mothers – are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation’s children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families’ well-being."

- Evan Bayh

"My first job is big sister, and I take that very seriously."

- Venus Williams

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

- Jamie Foxx

"God has entrusted me with myself."

- Epictetus

"For me the white belt is the most precious asset we have. This is the people we have to take care, we have to look over them, we have to make sure they learn right."

- Renzo Gracie

"For me, the white belt is the most precious asset we have. These are the people we have to take care of, we have to look after them, and we have to make sure they learn right. They get better."

- Renzo Gracie

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like me, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

"I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success."

- Kobe Bryant

"You are responsible for how people remember you — or don’t."

- Kobe Bryant

"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

"Look after the land and the land will look after you, destroy the land and it will destroy you."

- Aboriginal Proverb

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make."

- Jane Goodall

"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make."

- Jane Goodall

"Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment."

- Gaylord Nelson

"The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship."

- Pope John Paul II

"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

- Native American Proverb

"The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship."

- Pope Francis

"Conserving our natural resources and environment is not just a personal responsibility, it is a public value."

- George W. Bush

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

- Jane Goodall

"What you do today shapes tomorrow. Good morning! Make it matter!"

"Its your actions that will define your space in this world…"

"On the Olympic mat, you don't just represent yourself, you carry the hopes of a nation."

"You are responsible for how people remember you—or don’t. So don’t take it lightly."

"The only person responsible for your happiness, is you."

"The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations."