All Quotes By Tag: Responsibility

“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.”

“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.”[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]”

“The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.”

“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”

“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.”

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”

“People like to say love is unconditional, but it’s not, and even if it was unconditional, it’s still never free. There’s always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won’t be happy unless you are … I just don’t want that responsibility.”

“People have forgotten this truth,” the fox said. “But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”