Inspiring Responsibility Quotes to Help You Take Charge of Your Life - page 19

Labor leaders don\'t do much laboring after they are able to lead.
Labor leaders don't do much laboring after they are able to lead.
I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.
 Paul Ryan
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.
To friendship every burden's light.
 John Gay
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
 James C. Collins
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.
 Louie Anderson
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
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.
 Bruce Sterling
What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.
What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.
 Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior, discouraging any responsibility for one's actions.
 Don Henley
Russia will honour its international commitments. Our country is a reliable borrower, a reliable creditor and a reliable supplier. Sanctions come and go, but business ties, economic interests and the reputation of a state remain
 Dmitry Medvedev
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
 Desiderius Erasmus
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.
 Billy Bragg
Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.
 Gene Cernan
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.
I make the other’s absence responsible for my worldliness.
I make the other’s absence responsible for my worldliness.
 Roland Barthes
Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.
 Paul Robeson