The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Stand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

It’s in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It’s not in happiness. It’s not in impulsive pleasure.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

What we will do is we’ll say, ‚Okay, you have your page, and if you’re not trying to organize harm against someone, or attacking someone, then you can put up that content on your page, even if people might disagree with it or find it offensive.‘ But that doesn’t mean that we have a responsibility to make it widely distributed in News Feed.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

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

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.

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

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.

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

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

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

The community – more than two billion people use our products, and we get that, with that, a lot of people are using that for a lot of good, but we also have a responsibility to mitigate the darker things that people are gonna try to do.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

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

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

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

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not acting responsibly in relation to climate change.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, ‚Do you really, really not care about the future of your great-grandchildren? Because if we let the world continue to be destroyed the way we are now, what’s the world going to be like for your great-grandchildren?‘

What’s important for my daughter to know is that… if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

Commitment is an act, not a word.

No, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

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

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

Leadership is a choice, not a position.