responsibility Quotes (23)

“There is often a sin of omission as well as of commission.”

“You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.”

“Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.”

“The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on a woman.”

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”

“Corruption never has been compulsory.”

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

“Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.”

“Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.”

“Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school.”

“A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.”

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

“For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.”

“Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the y is silent.”

“We are the authors of our own disasters.”

“God has entrusted me with myself.”

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

“He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.”

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

“After forty, a man is responsible for his own face.”

“The true source of rights is duty.”

“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one has made.”

“Words come easily because one does not think of the responsibility behind them.”