Responsibility Quotes

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Henry Kissinger

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

Bill Clinton

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Noam Chomsky

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Tom Robbins

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them

Denis Waitley

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.

Angela Davis

Is every moment of our lives built into us before we're born? If it is, does it make us less responsible for the things we do, or is the responsibility built in too?

Hannah Dakota Fanning

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

Byron Katie

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

Sarah Palin