quotations about responsibility
One of the older misunderstandings about responsibility is the idea that responsibility is a burden and that responsibility in business is largely a matter of liability for punishment. But responsibility is also a matter of pride and praise for a job well done. Responsibility is having a place in an organization and in a community as a full-fledged participant, and it is our responsibilities that also determine the perks and privileges of a position. There is nothing negative about responsibility--except when it is a responsibility unfulfilled or neglected.
ROBERT C. SOLOMON
It's Good Business: Ethics and Free Enterprise for the New Millennium
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-eee,
Into my life came responsibility.
She's got some shakin', kickin', sailin', long blonde hair,
And when I want to get off you know she'll take me there.
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
"Responsibility"
Brain trust trickles down stupidity
Juggling heads of responsibility
If only you could understand
BRUTAL TRUTH
"Brain Trust"
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
JEAN COCTEAU
preface, The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower
Dear Father thank you for this life
Hey Mother why aren't you his wife
You expect respect from me
Where's your responsibility
I'm your responsibility
You're my responsibility, right now
And I'm shouting
UNWRITTEN LAW
"What About Me"
Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
Eating Animals
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.
NOAM CHOMSKY
attributed, Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Win in Life
To be morally responsible, a man must be a free, rational, moral agent.
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER HODGE
Outlines of Theology
It strikes me there is some difference between holding a man responsible for an act which he has not done, and holding him responsible for an act that he has done.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
debate with Stephen Douglas, October 13, 1858
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.
ANAÏS NIN
The Diary of Anaïs Nin
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
STANLEY MILGRAM
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View
How sweet it is to obey and to carry out happiness
Whilst being appropriately unburdened by wise and worthy guides
Relieved from the heavy burden of responsibility
Responsibility for our direction of our behaviour
Which won't be necessary before the social laws of nature
STEREOLAB
"Galaxidion"
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.
JOHN LENNON
interview for KFRC RKO Radio, December 8, 1980
Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm aligns with that of our heart. The measure of responsibility equals to the need for evolution. Just listen, the inner child, let it whisper in your ear.
GRIGORIS DEOUDIS
attributed, beliefnet
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.
MAHATMA GANDHI
The Essential Writings
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Man and Superman
Note that political responsibility is wholly vicarious and inescapable. Although one may not have participated in harm-doing, one still shares responsibility.
CASSIE STRIBLEN
Group Responsibility: A Narrative Account
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Twilight of the Idols
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.
DALAI LAMA
Nobel lecture, December 11, 1989
Everything which the real welfare of society requires, but which without tyranny could not be regulated by government, remains a responsibility on the conscience and honor of individuals.
BROOKS
attributed, Day's Collacon