Responsibility

“Desiring to prove the sense I had of my obligations to God, I endeavoured to instruct the people of my own colour in the word of God.”

“The future is in our hand. It is in the hands of our young people, and I am sure that will be a much better future.”

“I know basically good people who do bad things; it’s simple.”

“More than that: capital must do good.”

“The dead can only inspire; it is the living who must aspire.”

“Among the mechanisms of human agency, none is more central or pervasive than people's beliefs in their efficacy to influence events that affect their lives.”

“I ask you to rejoice with me that it has been my good fortune to save from the inevitable encroachment of the future great city destined to arise on this plain, the most historic ground of all Maoriland.”

“Y no hay peor fracaso para un cónsul o un diplomático que el de verlo entregado a proyectos al parecer quiméricos.”

“É nosso dever continuar trabalhando.”

“You also need to ensure that you leave a mark that you also helped other people to come up.”

“Great thoughts go best with common duties. Whatever therefore may be your office, regard it as a fragment in an immeasurable ministry of love.”

“These are serious times, but an artist has to stay true to himself as an artist. That is the only obligation he has—to his art.”

“Được dự vào hàng công huân cao quý, cố sao đền đáp ơn vua vừa mới ban xuống; Nối dõi thư hương, càng gắng giữ nếp cũ thanh bạch của nhà xưa.”

“They should not hang to office, too long. Do your job well within the specified time and pave way for others.”

“We need to put action into words and not just apologies.”

“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.”

“There shall be no more waste!”

“He cannot serve today those who make history; he must serve those who are subject to it.”

“We don't want to take over the power, we want to serve society.”

“But I can no longer afford to carry this load of false pretensions and untruth on my conscience.”