Responsibility Quotes - Page 14

• Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

  Erma Bombeck

  Children, Grandma, Relax

  Erma Bombeck (2011). “At Wit's End”, p.154, Fawcett

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• African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Running, People, Needs

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• By all means, let us simplify the means of controlling time and the myriad details of our lives, but let us vigorously preserve our responsibility to direct our lives toward human accomplishment, rather than the pure accumulation of information.

  Paul Rice

  Mean, Accomplishment, Details

  Paul Rice (1989). “Timesource”, Ten Speed Pr

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• It is our social responsibility as citizens of India to help fulfil Gandhiji's vision of Clean India, by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

  Narendra Modi

  Vision, India, Citizens

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• There's always a possibility of richer maturation - of taking more and more responsibility for yourself and for your life...And this is what I hope...to make you understand how much you gain by taking re-sponsibility for every emotion, every movement you make, every thought you have...We touch each other by honestly being what we are, not intentionally making contact.

  Frederick Salomon Perls

  Movement, Gains, Emotion

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• The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.

  Ziggy Marley

  Father, Son, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out.

  Winston Churchill

  Clever, War, Winning

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.499, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources.

  John Wooden

  Blessed, Impact, Talent

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• If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

  Akio Morita

  Sacrifice, Risk, Suffering

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• Certainly, old age is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.

  Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

  Age, Roles, Certain

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• The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll continue to bear primary responsibility for delivering prevention and treatment.

  Bill Gates

  Fighting, Government, Support

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• It's a big responsibility to help someone express themselves as an artist.

  Christina Aguilera

  Artist, Helping, Bigs

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• Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons ... This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  People, Nuclear, Weapons

  "Quest for Peace: an Introduction". Book by John Whiteley, 1986.

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• I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

  Henry Rollins

  Teacher, Thinking, Self

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• I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Girl, Book, Reality

  "Gabourey Sidibe, From 'Precious' To 'AfroPop'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 31, 2013.

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• The practice of democracy means that I, one person, one humble person, nevertheless feel some responsibility if the officials for whose election I was responsible go too far out of line.

  Clyde Kluckhohn

  Humble, Mean, Practice

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• I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.

  Twyla Tharp

  Believe, Artist, Rushing

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• Every right is married to a duty; every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility; and there cannot be genuine freedom unless there exists also genuine order, in the moral realm and in the social realm.

  Russell Kirk

  Order, Moral, Married

  Russell Kirk (1996). “Redeeming the Time”, Isi Books

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• In the end, we must restore a balance within ourselves between who we are and what we are doing. Each of us must take a greater personal responsibility for this deteriorating global environment; each of us must take a hard look at the habits of mind and action that reflect - and have led to - this grave crisis.

  Al Gore

  Mind, Balance, Looks

  Al Gore (2013). “Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose”, p.12, Routledge

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• Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Compassion, Keys

  Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Compassion, People

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• True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Feelings, Scope

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• I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Successful, Independence, Responsible

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.83, Penguin

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• I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote.

  Theodore Bikel

  Speaks Out, Voice, Special

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• I do wish I had brought my cheque book. I don't believe in credit cards.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Believe, Book, Wish

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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