Quotes about Responsibility

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

President David O. McKay declared: "No greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this Republic and of neighboring Republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States." (Conference Report, April 1950, p. 37.)

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

Christians are commanded to warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time.

The Bible warns [parents] against extremes in dealing with our adult children. It tells us to avoid trying to control [them] once they become adults. When children become independent, a major transition takes place: They are no longer under our authority.

Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.

Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.

The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.

The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is crucial; every generation is strategic. But we cannot be held responsible for the past generation and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one. However we do have our generation! God will hold us responsible at the judgment seat of Christ for how well we fulfilled our responsibilities and took advantage of our opportunities.

We can possess nothing—no property and no person . . . It is God who owns everything, and we are but stewards of His property during the brief time we are on earth.