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One cannot run from the responsibility which the status he/she holds brings along. May it be your profession, your role in the society or in the relations you are bounded to as a family person, there are responsibilities with each and every role a person plays. To fulfill these responsibilities without any difficulty is the trick of life which we try to learn through various experiences. Go through these famous duty/accountability quotations and sayings to learn the trick to do justice to your responsibilities.

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

People Respect
Elena Kagan
Brian Tracy

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

People World Life
Brian Tracy
Theodore Roosevelt

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Personality Character Residency Country
Theodore Roosevelt
Malcolm X

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Advice Peace Residency Respect
Malcolm X
Angela Merkel

Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.

Change Community
Angela Merkel
Ambrose Bierce

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Business Benefit
Ambrose Bierce
Helena Bonham Carter

You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.

Character
Helena Bonham Carter
Steven Spielberg

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

Good
Steven Spielberg
Kevin Spacey

If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

Luck
Kevin Spacey
Jodie Foster

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Art People
Jodie Foster
Shakira

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.

Reflection
Shakira
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Men Equality Women
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
John F. Kennedy

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.

Past Politics Future
John F. Kennedy
O. J. Simpson

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

O. J. Simpson

This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.

Government
Ted Cruz
Bob Dylan

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Freedom
Bob Dylan
Alan Rickman

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent
Alan Rickman
Sigmund Freud

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

People Freedom
Sigmund Freud
Nicole Richie

This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.

Soul Time
Nicole Richie
Denis Waitley

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Birthday Children
Denis Waitley
Edward VIII

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

Love
Edward VIII
Thomas Jefferson

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

Leadership Necessity Opinion Order
Thomas Jefferson
Anthony Kennedy

Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.

Anthony Kennedy
Tom Brady

I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don't like. I think that's part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way.

Best Change Country
Tom Brady
Jordan Peterson

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

Life Eyes
Jordan Peterson
Kevin Spacey

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Kevin Spacey
Robert Sheehan

I think books, novels and autobiographies have a power to touch people far more personally than films do, so there's a bit more of a responsibility when you then dramatise it.

People Power
Robert Sheehan
Shinzo Abe

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.

Peace Politics World
Shinzo Abe
Denis Waitley

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Life Selection
Denis Waitley
Malcolm X

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Meaningful Accountability Groundwork Comparisons
Malcolm X
Jeff Bridges

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

Change Community World
Jeff Bridges
Alexis Bledel

My perspective is that, when you're a kid, if your audience is a group of children or teenagers, you do have some level of social responsibility. I feel that.

Children
Alexis Bledel
Sandra Day O'Connor

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

Respect Society Gender
Sandra Day O'Connor
Bob Dylan

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

Freedom
Bob Dylan
Eleanor Roosevelt

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.

Freedom
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dalai Lama

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Meaningful Accountability Compassion Reality
Dalai Lama
Nancy Pelosi

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

Upgrading
Nancy Pelosi
Bill Clinton

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

Country
Bill Clinton
Mitt Romney

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

Explanation
Mitt Romney
Neymar

I never run away from the responsibility. I'm used to it.

Neymar
Angela Merkel

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

Good
Angela Merkel
Rosario Dawson

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'

Law
Rosario Dawson
Prince Andrew

It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one.

People Race
Prince Andrew
R. Kelly

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

R. Kelly
Saint Thomas Aquinas

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Meaningful Motivation Accountability Risk
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Annie Leibovitz

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

Annie Leibovitz
Elena Kagan

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

Time Jobs
Elena Kagan

I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.

Past World
Shakira
Gemma Chan

I do feel a responsibility to try and raise awareness and to help tell the stories of those who may not otherwise have a voice.

Gemma Chan
Eli Manning

As a player, that's not your responsibility to comment and to give your opinion on another player. As a quarterback, I don't want another quarterback tweeting about my performance or judging me in that way.

Eli Manning
John D. Rockefeller

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

Right Duty Opportunities
John D. Rockefeller
Jada Pinkett Smith

Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting.

Jada Pinkett Smith
Thomas Paine

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Leadership Life Advice Order
Thomas Paine
Les Brown

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Dreams
Les Brown

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

People Politics
Nancy Pelosi
John Candy

I was the sixteen-year-old driving everyone to bingo and shopping. It was quite a responsibility. It made me the man in charge of a lot of things.

John Candy
Thomas Hobbes

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Life Meaningful Accountability Nature
Thomas Hobbes
George Soros

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

Power World
George Soros
Malcolm X

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Inspiration Men Motivation Accomplishment
Malcolm X
Jon Favreau

I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

Jon Favreau
Avril Lavigne

I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

Avril Lavigne
John D. Rockefeller

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

Opportunities
John D. Rockefeller
David Lloyd George

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

Country Duty Heroism Jobs
David Lloyd George
Ronald Reagan

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government
Ronald Reagan

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

Freedom Globalization
Nelson Mandela

After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism.

Power Fear Government
Edward Snowden
Zoe Saldana

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

Money Time
Zoe Saldana
Eric Clapton

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

Music
Eric Clapton
Nicole Richie

I owe the baby my life. I owe this baby everything and I have a responsibility now.

Life
Nicole Richie
Walter Scott

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Guts Purpose Self Confidence Duty
Walter Scott
Vladimir Putin

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

Society Government
Vladimir Putin
B. R. Ambedkar

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Religion
B. R. Ambedkar
Eleanor Roosevelt

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.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

Wayne Gretzky
MS Dhoni

Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.

Cricket Time
MS Dhoni
Demi Lovato

It's a big responsibility dating me. Because I come with a little bit of baggage, you know?

Dating
Demi Lovato
Eric Trump

I believe with great fortunes come great responsibility, so with our family's assets and many wealthy friends, we could help raise a lot of money to help others.

Family Greatness Money
Eric Trump

I was too kind of brave and proud to want a dialect coach because I thought that showed weakness in my armor. But then you just learn it's a more efficient way of doing it. A dialect coach is really important because it takes a certain technical responsibility off your shoulders.

Russell Crowe
Paul Ryan

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

Paul Ryan
Narendra Modi

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

Government Religion
Narendra Modi
Eva Mendes

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

World
Eva Mendes

The ideal feminist world shouldn't be one where women suppress their human instincts for attention and desire. We shouldn't be weighed down with the responsibility of explaining our every move. We shouldn't have to apologize for wanting attention, either. We don't owe anyone an explanation.

Desire Women World
Emily Ratajkowski
Eleanor Roosevelt

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.

Words Wisdom
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles Kingsley

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

Accountability Comparisons Desire Differences
Charles Kingsley
Christian Bale

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?

People Desire
Christian Bale
Elbert Hubbard

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Freedom
Elbert Hubbard
Michael Jordan

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Peace Wives
Michael Jordan

We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich.

Money People Business
Vladimir Putin
Jennifer Lopez

I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

Fall
Jennifer Lopez

Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contribution to mankind.

Family Greatness People
Xi Jinping
Tracee Ellis Ross

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.

Power Experience
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tom Stoppard

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

Power Semblance
Tom Stoppard
Les Brown

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Life
Les Brown

I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

Madonna Ciccone

I don't do celebrity endorsements. My work with Conservation International is a good use of whatever celebrity I might have to draw attention to important problems. I have the same responsibility as everyone to reduce consumption and to teach children to respect the environment.

Good Respect Work
Harrison Ford
Kevin Bacon

If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.

Kevin Bacon

The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that regard. I believe that we have to look at our own history with humility and think about our responsibility.

World History
Shinzo Abe
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I know that I'm not perfect. While we all have our prejudices and bigotries, we have to learn that it's an issue that we have to control, that it's part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road.

Mark Cuban
Prince Philip

I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.

Groundwork
Prince Philip