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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Responsibility'

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We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.
Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Statesman (1935-  )
I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.
Grace Abbott, American Activist (1878-1939)
Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.
Gerry Adams, Irish Politician (1948-  )
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Henry B. Adams, Historian (1838-1918)
Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves?
Joy Adamson, Czechoslovakian Explorer (1910-1980)
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist (1870-1937)
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher (1903-1969)
I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.
Clay Aiken, American Musician (1978-  )
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.
Daniel Akaka, American Politician (1924-  )
There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
Buzz Aldrin, American Astronaut (1930-  )
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
Nelson Algren, American Novelist (1909-1981)
The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks to accomplish this process.
Richard V. Allen, American Public Servant
I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.
Kirstie Alley, American Actress (1951-  )
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
Dorothy Allison, American Writer (1949-  )
If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.
Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist (1958-  )
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician (1891-1956)
Our responsibility as privileged human beings is to pay back for the opportunities we've received.
Kathryn Anastos, -
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.
Louie Anderson, American Comedian (1953-  )
Self-preservation is the first responsibility.
Margaret Anderson, American Editor (1886-1973)
Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that.
John Anderson, -
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