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

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Some of the stuff I do on the court is what most people think they can do.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

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 measure of a man is what he does with power.

I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

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.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

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

It feels good to have your work respected again.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step.

There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you’ve got the chemistry for a lot of industry.

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.

There is spontaneity to my work.

Every President wants to do right.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

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

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.

I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone’s life.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it’s just the thing that every man wants – to have a son and heir.

A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

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

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Christmas morning, I’m going to open presents with my kids. I’m going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I’m going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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.

The work is the work. The work is not me.

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.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.