Responsibility Quotes · Page 187

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

— Theresa May

Leadership happens at every level of the organization and no one can shirk from this responsibility.

— Jerry Junkins

I come from a background where we have been taught to give back to the society, as it is an obligation for…

— Urmila Matondkar

I hold myself to immeasurably high standards with an almost radical kind of responsibility for my life.

— Brett Cooper

We take responsibility for being firearm owners. We take responsibility for whose hands those guns get into.

— MJ Hegar

“Just pass the work I assign along to somebody else and trust to luck. We call that delegation of responsibility.”

— Joseph Heller

A woman’s duty: To look the whole world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes… to speak and act…

— Margaret Sanger

I just try and get the best out of an artist - we all have a responsibility to fill the world with…

— Matt Squire

The perennial architectural debate has always been, and will continue to be, about art versus use, visions versus pragmatism, aesthetics versus social…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic…

— Xi Jinping

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a…

— Boris Spassky

“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

I made a mistake using a private e- mail.And if I had to do it over again, I would, obviously, do it…

— Hillary Clinton

One of the biggest lessons when it comes to working with friends and family is to have the confidence to fire your…

— Linda Rottenberg

Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that…

— Tara Brach

Doctrine that eliminates or even obscures the function of choice of values and enlistment of desires and emotions in behalf of those…

— John Dewey

The states do have more control over education, and they have the responsibility for funding it.

— Miguel Cardona

Society makes victims feel that they put themselves in a compromising position and therefore share in the responsibility of being violated.

— Angela Yee

I believe we are here to do good. It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile,…

— Albert Einstein

Today we are confronted with reality on the vastest scale mankind has known and this puts a greater responsibility on the photographer.

— Berenice Abbott

“You are responsible for doing what good you can with what you have, and any good is better than none.”

— Bryant McGill

Friendship is a sweet responsibility that is ready to give, share & understand:it never fades when handled carefully, it only reminds us…

— Anonymous

“Our shoes carry our body, so we polish them; our body carries our soul, so we clean the body, but, what about…

— Rahul Rampal

“..poking in the ashes of the past is just an excuse to evade personal responsibility for our actions.”

— Irvin Yalom

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

— Benjamin Franklin

I have to admit that, until recently, I was somewhat wary of the (global) warming debate. I believe it is now our…

— Rupert Murdoch

People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are…

— Park Chan-wook

All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully…

— J. Edgar Hoover

“Good doctors understands responsibility better than privilege and practice accountability better than business.”

— Dr. Sheetu Singh

The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid…

— Glenn Greenwald

The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.

— Amber Rudd

Accountability & personal responsibility are the answers...we know what's right and whats wrong, let's start acting like it.

— Anonymous

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it,…

— Charles de Gaulle

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do…

— Frances Moore Lappé

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

— Roy Barnes

If we don't take responsibility for each other, it seems to me the future is going to be even bleaker.

— Margaret MacMillan

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity.

— Abraham Lincoln

The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic -- to present the world and people in…

— Edward Albee

I don't believe in objectivity. I observe the observer's paradox every moment I'm filming. Your presence is changing everything; there's no mistaking…

— Lucy Walker