Being Responsible Quotes - Page 9

• To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the good, it follows that He has to be responsible for the evil too.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Evil, Ears, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Light of India: The Message of the Mahatma”

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• Being an artist and having to be responsible for the art that you make is really quite challenging, and as you get older it becomes more and more difficult.

  Tracey Emin

  Art, Challenges, Aging

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• Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

  Wendell Berry

  Hands, Action, Responsible

  Wendell Berry (2011). “Standing by Words”, p.61, Counterpoint Press

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• I might be responsible for as many gay marriages as I am for heterosexual divorces.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Divorce, Gay, Might

  "Pop Sovereign: A Conversation With Madonna". Interview With T. Cole Rachel, pitchfork.com. March 2, 2015.

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• Never get so stuck in being responsible and mindful that you can't let it all go and run off chasing your private dream, if it leads to the shiny worlds, the worlds of beauty.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Running, Dream

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• The ultimate aim of the training is to create an actor who can be responsible for his artistic development and achievement.

  Stella Adler

  Achievement, Training, Actors

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• I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

  Robert Torricelli

  Loss, Majority, United States

  "Torricelli drops out of N.J. race". www.cnn.com. October 1, 2002.

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• You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Literature, Firsts, Sin

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• Every day in practice I have to lead by example. But at the same time, when people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, you're responsible as a player. You can't rely on the coaches to say everything. The players have to be responsible and take ownership of the team. Every day in practice there are situations where you need to say something and get a message across, but do it in the right way.

  Jeremy Lin

  Team, Player, Practice

  "Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels". StudentSoul.org Interview, studentsoul.intervarsity.org. March 12, 2010.

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• The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro men, their failure to be responsible, to support the family, or to provide authority. The same is true of American Indian tribes which are also matriarchal today.

  R.J. Rushdoony

  Character, Men, Broken

  "The Institutes of Biblical Law" by R.J. Rushdoony, (p. 203), 1973.

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• I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.

  Mary Steenburgen

  Thinking, Speaks Out, Needs

  "CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. January 23, 2004.

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• Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

  Deion Sanders

  Children, Athlete, Kids

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• An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist

  Stephen Stills

  Art, Giving Up, People

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• If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.

  Vic Snyder

  Attitude, Thinking, Majority

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• People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

  John Ashcroft

  Atheist, People, Atheism

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• No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.

  Ken Rockwell

  Photography, Cameras, Needs

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• I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

  Jennifer Connelly

  Reading, Talking, Choices

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• If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason than His presence is a delight to our souls and spirit.

  Brother Lawrence

  Soul, Live In The Moment, Delight

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• Never hesitate to show your own staff that you need help. They need to be reminded how important they are to the process. In life and in business, we rely on each other to be responsible for individual tasks that benefit everyone. People sometimes forget how much interdependence there really is in a successful business. Learn the art of asking for help to empower and motivate others, and you will have learned a very powerful management strategy.

  Georgette Mosbacher

  Art, Powerful, Successful

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• The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

  Tom Cruise

  Giving, Actors, Film

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• I think we should try to be responsible and educate ourselves. I'm simply doing that and traveling, learning first hand, and seeing first hand what's going on.

  Angelina Jolie

  Thinking, Hands, Trying

  "Angelina Jolie: Living up to Lara Croft". www.cnn.com. June 15, 2001.

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• We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.

  Julian Barnes

  Safe, Way, Mature

  Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.93, Random House

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• I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

  Leo Rosten

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Leo Rosten (1978). “Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People”

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• Women have endeavored to guide men to love because patriarchal thinking has sanctioned this work even as it has undermined it by teaching men to refuse guidance...A useful gift all love's practitioners can give is the offering of forgiveness. It not only allows us to move away from blame, from seeing others as the cause of our sustained lovelessness, but it enables us to experience agency, to know we can be responsible for giving and finding love.

  Bell Hooks

  Love, Moving, Teaching

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• It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Teaching, Leader, Following Your Own Path

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