Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame.

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Scientists are not delinquents. Our work has changed the conditions in which men live, but the use made of these changes is the problem of governments, not of scientists.

We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

It felt like I was the only one who cared about the climate and the ecological crisis. My parents didn’t care about it, my classmates didn’t care about it, my relatives didn’t care about this. I mean nobody I knew cared about this and I felt like I was the only one.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

The climate crisis is both the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we must do. We must stop the emissions of greenhouse gases. The hardest because our current economics are still totally dependent on burning fossil fuels, and thereby destroying ecosystems in order to create everlasting economic growth.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

If you can’t eat it, shoot it, or wear it, don’t bring it.

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.

Most emissions aren’t caused by individuals, they’re caused by corporations and states.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

I do the dishes every night – other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a tender conscience in a child.

You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

I said that America’s role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

I’m always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.