Duty quotes - page 38

I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.
I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.
 Ellen Glasgow
We will seek to implement specific changes in the manufacturing and distribution practices to promote more responsibility and accountability.
 Kweisi Mfume
I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.
 Boris Becker
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'
 Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.
 Daniela Ruah
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.
Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility
 Dwyane Wade
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
 Reinhold Niebuhr
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
I guess I\'m attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
In all the arts abundance seems to be one of the surest signs of vocation.
 Edith Wharton
I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a show and you move onto the next city. All you have to do is do the show. That's the only responsibility that you have.
 Margaret Cho
I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, That's what I want to do.
 Reese Witherspoon
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.
 Tawfiq al-Hakim
It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.
 Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
Software−related accidents are usually caused by flawed requirements.
 Nancy Leveson
Part of the role of a thought leader is not to necessarily have all the answers - I certainly don't - but it's to be able to ask the right questions and the privilege of being able to lead the conversation.
 Michael Hyatt
Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible.
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 find out what you\'re capable of.
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 find out what you're capable of.
 Paul Arden
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.
 Hayden Christensen