Quotes by Responsibility I loved the fact that it wasn't my responsibility to change somebody, that it was God's, that my part was just to communicate love and approval. Donald Miller responsibilityapprovalfacts The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. Donald Rumsfeld governmentorganizationresponsibility Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it. Donald Rumsfeld decisionpresidentresponsibility I am glad that Angela Merkel is the German Chancellor, as she tries to combine a sense of responsibility with morality and values. Because this is the essence of Europe. Donald Tusk moralityresponsibilitytrying We may be entering a new phase of history, a time when we begin to rediscover . . . the traditional teaching that power must entail restraint and responsibility, the ancient awareness that we are interdependent with all of nature and that our sense of community must take in the whole of creation. Donald Worster communityresponsibilityteaching I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of that; we can be unwilling victims instead of grateful participants. Donald Miller gratefulresponsibilitymoving Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. Donna Brazile taughtresponsibilityschool I am disappointed that we went through this process. The country went through this process. I think it's the responsibility of the government to help individual citizens as well as institutions, non-profits, corporations, to protect us. To help protect us. Donna Brazile responsibilitycountrythinking I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard. Donatella Versace voiceresponsibilitybelieve What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster? Donna Tartt strongresponsibilitybeautiful Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full Donald Rumsfeld husseinresponsibilitycountry Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction. Donald Rumsfeld agencyresponsibilitymoving That outgrowth of arrogance comes at a price: some people don't like is. I take responsibility for that. Donny Deutsch arroganceresponsibilitypeople It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves. Donnie Wahlberg starsresponsibilitytrying We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country. Donald Rumsfeld responsibilityrunningcountry You ask why London has to 'stand for' anything. One response is that in fact it always inevitably does. One could say at the moment it stands for a complex mix of multiculturalism and financial power. Interestingly, that is a political mix of progressive and oppressive. What I'm arguing is simply that we should take responsibility for the effects of 'our place' around the world. To take responsibility for our embeddedness. If you don't want to, so be it. It does demand an imaginative engagement with our planetary interdependence and that can be quite challenging. Doreen Massey politicalresponsibilitychallenges When someone else makes a mistake, it is their responsibility to correct it, but it is your responsibility to handle how you feel about it. Deepak Chopra how-you-feelresponsibilitymistake I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities. Doris Kearns Goodwin figuresresponsibilitywish perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty. Dorothy Canfield Fisher modernresponsibilitybeauty The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool. Donald Miller selfishresponsibilitybelieve«5859606162636465666768»
