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.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

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.

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.

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.

I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just… wouldn’t have come up out of the water.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I think it’s my responsibility, as a person of influence… to sometimes try to do what I can.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

I don’t see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

As long as you blame someone or something else – something outside you that’s bigger than you are – as the source of your problems, the problems won’t get solved.

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

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.

In all my wild mountaineering, I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride; and the start was so sudden, and the end came so soon, I thought but little of the danger that goes with this sort of travel, though one thinks fast at such times.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don’t do that, we really deserve the world we get.

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it’s just doing it.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

War is the province of danger.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

The time is always right to do what is right.

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

Many people listen to what I have to say and I appear a lot in media, so therefore I influence a lot of people and therefore I have a bigger responsibility because I have a bigger platform.

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.

There’s a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Respect the burden.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart.

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.

For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.