Quotes about Responsibility

The young soldier was part of the "Baby Bottle Conscription," the boys called up when there were no more men, young or old, to fight the war.

The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. We're dealt certain cards at birth, and we play our hand; some of us lose, but others may play skillfully from the same bad hand and triumph.

Cathy told her that the most important thing in life was to clean up one's own mess, commit oneself a hundred percent to reality, place all one's energy in the present moment, and to do so right now, immediately.

They made you believe you had power; they hammered at your brain over the barracks loudspeakers; they commanded you in the name of your country; and they gave you your share of guilt so you could not wash your hands of it but would be forever bound by ties of blood.

The man of good heart maintained that a moral crisis is produced when the same affluent Catholics (religious people) who faithfully go to mass (church) deny their workers a dignified wage. These words should be engraved on the thousand-peso note, so we never forget them.

All husbands are boring, John. No woman with an ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

It is not yours to finish the task, but neither are you free to take no part in it.

Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

Conscience is a cur that will let you get past it but that you cannot keep from barking.