Quotes about Responsibility

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagans and catechumens, in order to leave it up to them to choose the Faith on their own responsibility at a point in time difficult to determine.

What you are is god's gift to you, What you make of yourself is your gift to god.

This is what it means to be human "in the image of God." It means being free to make choices instead of doing whatever our instincts would tell us to do. It means knowing that some choices are good, and others are bad, and it is our job to know the difference.

If we want to be able to pick up the pieces of our lives and go on living, we have to get over the irrational feeling that every misfortune is our fault, the direct result of our mistakes or misbehavior. We are really not that powerful. Not everything that happens in the world is our doin

I will criticize individuals when they deserve criticism, but I will not condemn entire populations. We have seen where that leads.

You are not a prisoner of your past; you are the architect of your future.

We can do our best to change people, to summon them to be whom they are capable of being, but ultimately they only people we will always have the power to change will be ourselves.

When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.