Responsibility
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Stanton on The Response Able
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) American activist, writer and editor… Read more
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Waters on The Present
Posted Friday, March 30, 2012 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Be conscious in this world." Alice Waters (1944 - ) American chef and writer… Read more
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Hammarskjold on Circumstances and Responsibility
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in Quotes | 1 Comment
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish diplomat and economist Nobel Prize winner… Read more
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Roosevelt on Avoiding the Dumb Down
Posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, and imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence." Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American humanitarian and UN diplomat… Read more
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Gandhi on Pushing Your Luck
Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Quotes | 1 Comment
"The future will depend on what we do in the present." Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian activist… Read more
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Schultz on Lucky Misses
Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Life is a series of near misses. But a lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future." Howard Schultz (1953 - ) American entrepreneur, chairman of Starbucks… Read more
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Bonaparte on Owning It
Posted Monday, August 15, 2011 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Circumstances! I make circumstances!" Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French general and emperor… Read more
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Yoda on Commitment
Posted Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Do or do not, there is no try." Yoda Jedi master from the Star Wars film series… Read more
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Kunin on The Folly of Passivity
Posted Monday, June 27, 2011 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection." Madeleine Kunin (1933 - ) Swiss-American diplomat and politician… Read more
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Mill on Uncomfortable Truths
Posted Friday, June 10, 2011 in Quotes | Be first to comment
"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing." John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English economist and philosopher… Read more
