Responsibility Quotes

4281 Responsibility quotes by 2749 unique authors

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes… — William Faulkner
She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. "The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus. There is the… — Megan Whalen Turner
The people are living seperately together," he said. "So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. You cry, I cry. We all come running, and… — Philip Gourevitch
To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility. — Patrick Ness
You can't argue with someone who believes, or just passionately suspects, that the poet's function is not to write what he must write but, rather,… — J D Salinger
Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will… — Paul Arden
A real subjection is born mechanically from a fictitious relation [...] He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes… — Michel Foucault
The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the… — Tom Brokaw
Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself,… — Derrick Jensen
There are none among us who have not been, even for a moment, cruel to those whom we love most, as if unable, in that… — Rick Bass
Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat, despair, doubt, and… — Thomas S. Monson
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into… — George R. R. Martin
She had the same responsibility as everybody else did: to live as softly as she could in the world. — Kevin Brockmeier
Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of… — Og Mandino
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the… — Hannah Arendt
Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28) — Stephen Dobyns
Each letter has a shape, she told them, one shape in the world and no other, and it is your responsibility to make it perfect. — Kim Edwards
I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility. — Anna Quindlen
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead,… — Dean Koontz
No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is… — Spencer W. Kimball
I don't know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your concretized myths and… — Harlan Ellison
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. — Kurt Vonnegut
We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them. — Sean Covey
That's the problem with folks nowadays. Nobody takes responsibility for their actions. Make a mistake and you pay for it. That's life. — Michael Robotham
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. — Jean-Paul Sartre

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