RESPONSIBILITY QUOTES II

quotations about responsibility

One of the older misunderstandings about responsibility is the idea that responsibility is a burden and that responsibility in business is largely a matter of liability for punishment. But responsibility is also a matter of pride and praise for a job well done. Responsibility is having a place in an organization and in a community as a full-fledged participant, and it is our responsibilities that also determine the perks and privileges of a position. There is nothing negative about responsibility--except when it is a responsibility unfulfilled or neglected.

ROBERT C. SOLOMON

It's Good Business: Ethics and Free Enterprise for the New Millennium


Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-eee,
Into my life came responsibility.
She's got some shakin', kickin', sailin', long blonde hair,
And when I want to get off you know she'll take me there.

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD

"Responsibility"


Brain trust trickles down stupidity
Juggling heads of responsibility
If only you could understand

BRUTAL TRUTH

"Brain Trust"


A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.

JEAN COCTEAU

preface, The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower

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Dear Father thank you for this life
Hey Mother why aren't you his wife
You expect respect from me
Where's your responsibility
I'm your responsibility
You're my responsibility, right now
And I'm shouting

UNWRITTEN LAW

"What About Me"


Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

NOAM CHOMSKY

attributed, Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Win in Life

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Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do.

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Eating Animals


To be morally responsible, a man must be a free, rational, moral agent.

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER HODGE

Outlines of Theology


It strikes me there is some difference between holding a man responsible for an act which he has not done, and holding him responsible for an act that he has done.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

debate with Stephen Douglas, October 13, 1858

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What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.

ANAÏS NIN

The Diary of Anaïs Nin

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The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

STANLEY MILGRAM

Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View

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The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

JOHN LENNON

interview for KFRC RKO Radio, December 8, 1980

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How sweet it is to obey and to carry out happiness
Whilst being appropriately unburdened by wise and worthy guides
Relieved from the heavy burden of responsibility
Responsibility for our direction of our behaviour
Which won't be necessary before the social laws of nature

STEREOLAB

"Galaxidion"


It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

MAHATMA GANDHI

The Essential Writings

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Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm aligns with that of our heart. The measure of responsibility equals to the need for evolution. Just listen, the inner child, let it whisper in your ear.

GRIGORIS DEOUDIS

attributed, beliefnet


Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Man and Superman

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Note that political responsibility is wholly vicarious and inescapable. Although one may not have participated in harm-doing, one still shares responsibility.

CASSIE STRIBLEN

Group Responsibility: A Narrative Account


Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Twilight of the Idols

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Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.

DALAI LAMA

Nobel lecture, December 11, 1989


Everything which the real welfare of society requires, but which without tyranny could not be regulated by government, remains a responsibility on the conscience and honor of individuals.

BROOKS

attributed, Day's Collacon