Quotes with responsibility-takers

Quotes 81 till 100 of 214.

  • Thomas Merton In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for ''finding himself.'' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.
    Thomas Merton
    American religeous writer, poet (1915 - 1968)
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  • John F. Kennedy In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Anne Frank Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: ''What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Bainbridge Colby It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Ajay Naidu It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • A. N. Wilson It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Henry Kissinger It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Simone de Beauvoir It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do - or don't do.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Billy Crudup It's not that I don't want to be famous. It's just that I don't feel like the burden of responsibility on selling a film should be on the actors.
    Billy Crudup
    American actor (1968 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile It's really important to me to promote worthy causes. But not in a heavy, obligatory, responsibility way. I really admired that as a kid, learning about the 'Elton John AIDS Foundation.' And I was obsessed with The Indigo Girls. And they are the consummate activist group, always reaching out, especially to Native causes and things like that.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Barack Obama It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bill Clinton Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • C. Everett Koop Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than raising of the next generation.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Anthony Robbins Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Tony Robbins Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back.
    Tony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bell Hooks Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
    Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom (2013)
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Billy Corgan Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Junot Diaz My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.
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    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Napoleon Hill No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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