Quotes about Responsibility
Take charge of your life or someone else will!
— John Hagee
They have forgotten these immortal words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor whose passion for truth drove him to confront Adolf Hitler and Germany: Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.1.
— John Hagee
Boys do not fully know what is good and what is evil; they do wrong things at first almost innocently. Novelty hides vice from them; there is no one to warn them or give them rules; and they become slaves of sin, while they are learning what sin is.
— John Henry Newman
Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant, comfort the sorrowful, confirm the weak, and rebuke the proud; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to contain myself within the bounds of that vocation whereunto I found myself especially called.
— John Knox
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
— John Lennon
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
— John Maxwell
This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God. Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him. Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God's way. In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.
— Elisabeth Elliot
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men
— Elisabeth Elliot
Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.
— Elizabeth George