Responsibility Quotes
A collection of responsibility quotes to live by. For those who are responsible there is no need to offer an explanation or clarity. But, for those who wonder what it is to have responsibility, these quotes and sayings will give a more thorough explanation. Here are a couple of responsibility quotes that help explain this important attribute; "A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." by Bob Dylan, and "Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility." by Sigmund Freud.You need the skill to manage risk-taking ventures. There's no success without risk-management skills. Essentially the secret is to know that, without risk, death is certain.
Robert H. Schuller, The Peak To Peek Principle
Like the electronic "information" we consume, the sphere of our activity and of the connections that make up the little world we live in have become a collection of disconnected fragments. We consume or use with little sense of the repercussions beyond our immediate surroundings.
David Suzuki, Time To Change Essays.
When you are emotionally charged, reality is primarily what you perceive reality to be.
Paul Witz, One Powerful Mind; The Complete Approach To Emotional Management At Home And At Work
Dependability means more than just wanting to take responsibility. That desire must also be coupled with good judgement to be of real value to the team.
~ Barry Silverstein, Motivating Employees
There's no one out there better suited than you to look after your career, professional satisfaction, and overall happiness. Only you truly have the best intentions for yourself.
~ Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell, Ph.D., The End Of Work As You Know It
In the final analysis, the point is that it's important to realize that we're in control of our beliefs, and not vice versa. They can be altered, adjusted, amended, revised. They can be changed when it makes sense to change them, when it means behavior that will better produce results that meet our needs over time.
Henry Marsh, The Breakthrough Factor
Whatever limitations we place upon ourselves are
our responsibility. Throwing out the labels we hang on ourselves is the first
step towards living the good life.
Andrew Matthews, Being Happy!
Taking that 100 percent responsibility for our own destiny
means that we cannot wait for someone else to come along
and make all the magic happen. We cannot rely on anybody else
to make our dreams come true.
Charles M. Marcus, Success Is Not A Spectator Sport
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw
Personal responsibility is the essence of self. I, for one,
would rather not give that up. Why would we ever want someone else to do our thinking for us?
Helmstetter, Shad. What To Say When You Talk To Your Self.
Grindle Press, 1986, p. 88.
Gerald W. Johnson
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
Louis Nizer
It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.
Stanley Milgram
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it."
Sidney J. Harris
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Abraham Lincoln
A lot of people would like to think that by ignoring a problem, or burying their head in the sand that an issue will disappear or magically resolve itself. It is, however, a solution that never finds itself no matter how hard you try to ignore the consequences, or lack of action to repair, fix, or resolve the obstacle or problem. If you are a solution oriented person, you will never find yourself forgetting that action is the mainstay of meeting responsibility of the day.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Napoleon Hill
And, one responsibility people often forget about is that of speaking well, instead of speaking without thought or with the intent to hurt or harm. Here we include quotes to live by about speaking that will give you food for positive thought before you decide to open your mouth.
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.Ben Jonson
Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
Ann Landers
If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.
Earl Wilson
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose Bierce
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Spanish Proverb
Words have incredible power.
They can make people's hearts soar,
or they can make people's hearts sore.
Dr. Mardy Grothe
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience
Alexander Gregg
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Dionysius Of Halicarnassus
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much.
John Wayne
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