2,642 Quotes About Responsibility

Responsibility and Trust -- these two are like Yin and Yang, together perfectly complete, and each one requiring the presence of the other.The next time you mistrust someone, consider this -- does that person feel responsible for you in any way? If the answer is yes, then go ahead and trust them. Very likely, they are looking out for your best interest.

It is incumbent upon us to do what we can, even if we cannot do much.

I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did.

The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens.

Throw your empty pop-corn tub in the trash and the entire cinema will be clean for the next patrons.

You must be ready to take all your responsibilities upon your head, instead of relying upon someone else to do all the dirty work for you.

You cannot live your whole life nor base it on the assumption that someone else is going to carry your responsibilities at the finish line.

You don't owe me your love. You didn't owe me a polite yes. It was not on you to let me down gently and somehow ward off punishment I was fucking stupid enough to think you deserved.

Our social and political tasks, if we take them seriously, loom larger than life. Yet infinite responsibility destroys a human being because he is only a man and not god." ~ p.23