Quotes about Responsibility
Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
— Aesop
Every man should be content to mind his own business.
— Aesop
The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.
— Aesop
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
— Aesop
In the United States of America there are twenty-seven million people under twenty-one years of age who receive no Christian training at all. Juvenile crime in the big cities is tremendous—sometimes it seems absolutely out of control. Every week one million people are dying without Jesus. In one minute, eighty-five people pass into eternity. In just the brief span of a church service hundreds are passing out into the presence of God. Does that mean anything to you?
— Alan Redpath
Personal liberty is not personal license.
— Billy Sunday
The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.
— Billy Graham
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
— Mortimer Adler
The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be 'What the hell you mean we're out of missiles?'
— Glenn Beck
I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who's in a desperate situation to know that, if they wanna choose that kinda lifestyle, they gotta be aware of everything that comes with it! It's not just about the cars, the ladies and the money.
— Jay-Z
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
— Epictetus