More quotations tagged with “responsibility”
In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God.
—James Agee
There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you.
—J. K. Rowling
If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.
—Holly Lisle
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
—G. M. Trevelyan
One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.
—Benvenuto Cellini