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Awesome Responsibility Quotes

The weight of decisions made for children, soldiers, and the future.

These awesome responsibility quotes treat the phrase literally, describing the solemn weight of sending people to war and the care required when writing truthfully for children. Several return to the same idea: that today's choices shape the world future generations inherit. See Children quotes for more on that obligation.

When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.

Quotes by Joe Wilson

My job is not to frighten children, but sometimes addressing fears and concerns within the safe boundaries of a picture book can fill me with an awesome responsibility to be as truthful and transparent as possible.

Quotes by Debi Gliori

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.

Quotes by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on...

Quotes by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Children Quotes

I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the office and who respects the very different roles that the Constitution provides for each of...

Quotes by Amy Klobuchar

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'awesome responsibility' refer to in these quotes?
A weighty duty someone feels toward others, whether it's a government sending soldiers to war or a writer being truthful with young readers.
Is there a quote about the responsibility of war decisions?
Yes, one describes it as the most solemn responsibility a democracy's leaders carry: deciding to send their own people to fight and possibly die.
Does any quote connect this responsibility to children specifically?
Yes, more than one ties this weight directly to children, whether through honest children's writing or a broader duty to shape a better future for them. See Children quotes for more.
Is the tone of these quotes hopeful or heavy?
Both. The war-related quote is heavy, while the ones about shaping the future through 'the nobility of our imaginings' carry a more hopeful, aspirational tone.
What does the line about creating ourselves 'in the image of goodness' mean?
It suggests that how we imagine and act toward the future directly shapes what that future becomes, treating responsibility as a creative act, not just a burden.

For the harder edge of that same weight, browse Die quotes, and for the fear such honesty can require, see Frighten quotes.