Quotes by Responsibility I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone. Ashley Judd shepherdstalentresponsibility Peace is a national issue, not only government's responsibility. Ashraf Ghani governmentresponsibilitypeace Anybody from my soil is my responsibility. Asif Ali Zardari soilresponsibility It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people Aslan Maskhadov armyfightingresponsibility Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future. Audre Lorde womengayresponsibility Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose. Audre Lorde arenastandingresponsibility And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those words out, to read them and share them and examine them in their pertinence to our lives. Audre Lorde cryresponsibilityshare And this is a grave responsibility, projected from within each of us, not to settle for the convenient, the shoddy, the conventionally expected, nor the merely safe. Audre Lorde settlingresponsibilitysafe I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility. Audrey Hepburn guiltresponsibilitybelieve What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character. Audrey Tautou theatreresponsibilitycharacter You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government's responsibility. It is not your school's or your social club's or your church's or your neighbor's or your fellow citizen's. It is yours, utterly and singularly yours. August Wilson governmentresponsibilityschool What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates your duty. And by writing about black people, you are not limiting yourself. The experiences of African-Americans are as wide open as God's closet. August Wilson artistresponsibilitywriting There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both. To live life with dignity, to celebrate and accept responsibility for your presence in the world is all that can be asked of anyone. August Wilson responsibilityrunninglife Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source. Augusten Burroughs responsibilitymeanpast Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration. I assume full political responsibility for what happened. Augusto Pinochet politicalgoalresponsibility The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them. Aung San Suu Kyi responsibilityrootslying Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society. Aung San Suu Kyi disciplineresponsibilitymen If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it. Aung San Suu Kyi responsibilitypeoplemoving It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless. Aung San Suu Kyi responsibilityrightsneeds I think one must take responsibility for one's actions and one's decisions. But one should never take -- one should never assume that everything that happens for the good is achieved by one's self alone. Aung San Suu Kyi responsibilityselfthinking«1415161718192021222324»
