2,642 Quotes About Responsibility

I traded freedom for power, and I could use that power to keep the people I cared about safe. To wish for both freedom and power would be selfish; there was a reason everything came with a cost.

Only when one is free to choose, one can be responsible for one’s actions.

If you don’t choose responsibilities that expand freedoms, you are allowing others to intentionally limit yours.

Authority is a responsible form of power; it should be given to responsible man.

Take responsibility—it’s where your powers live.

If you want change you must take full responsibility for yourself. No one else defines how you live. You are the only one with the power for your self-change.

We can’t control everything that happens to us, but we can control how we respond to things we can’t control.

Infusing the cultural war with love, respect and empathy is the responsibility of every one who cares about the health and wellbeing of women, our families and communities, and our democracy.

For a second, I stared at the map of her veins just under the surface of her thin skin. It was like her body was trying to become diaphanous. Instead of getting harder and stronger and full of life as we age, we disappear slowly. Our skin thins and evaporates. Our nails barely coat our fingertips. Our hair falls out. We are never more see-through.