Tuesday 26 October 2010

A definition...

Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

Responsible

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”
- Martin Luther

Personal Responsibility

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”
- Jim Rohn

Consequence

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”
- Josiah Charles Stamp

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Let everyone...

“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We don’t live alone.

‘But just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone – but there are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, with what we think and say and do. We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.’
- An Inspector Calls, J. B. Priestly