Quotes about Responsibility
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
— Calvin Coolidge
Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of low-level guilt every day of our lives. Question to ask: Where has God put me right now? I need to say no to a whole bunch of other things because if I don't say no I can't say yes to others.
— Kevin DeYoung
I had the opportunity to go into the hospitals and talk to kids and see a kid and make him smile. Why? Because I'm a special person? No. It had nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with me being the quarterback at the University of Florida. And to not take advantage of that is a shame.
— Tim Tebow
At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women in ways appropriate to man's differing relationships.
— John Piper
God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.
— Oswald Chambers
There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.
— Gordon Hinckley
I believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. I do think women should have a choice but also that women should be making responsible decisions.
— Hillary Clinton
My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Even though they (women) grow weary and wear themselves out with child-bearing, it does not matter; let them go on bearing children till they die, that is what they are there for.
— Martin Luther
The demise of our community and culture is the fault of sissified men who have been overly influenced by women.
— Tony Evans
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
— Matshona Dhliwayo