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Being Responsible Quotes

On owning what is yours to carry.

These quotes look at what it means to be responsible, from raising a child to caring for your own health. Many speakers connect the idea to Accountability and everyday self-reliance.

I think the idea of participating in your own health care and being responsible to the extent you can be of your own health, it seems to me a lot like self-reliance and individual responsibility. This cuts through the partisan...

Quotes by Tim Ryan

First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that's a position that I take seriously. That's the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you...

Quotes by Susan Wojcicki

Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may...

Quotes by Sam Shepard

I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.

Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf

Accountability Quotes

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

Quotes by Nicole Richie

I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!

Quotes by Motsi Mabuse

Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26...

Quotes by Mae Jemison

I think architects have a major role in being responsible for illustrating what the future could be. Because of the very strong political and commercial climate, many architects are trying very hard to solve everyday issues, to respond to the...

Quotes by Ma Yansong

Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.

Quotes by John Tyler

Duty Quotes

People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also a strand in society that says physics is terribly hard.

Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

That whole business of having two homes, and that divided loyalty bind that kids get into. I mean, my parents were divorced - though I was adult - but I still grappled with being responsible to both of them.

Quotes by Jayne Anne Phillips

There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your...

Quotes by Jane Campion

You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.

Quotes by Courtney Thorne-Smith

I can honestly say that my abortion was one of the least difficult decisions of my life. I'm not being flippant when I say it took me longer to decide what worktops to have in the kitchen than whether I...

Quotes by Caitlin Moran

Maturity Quotes

I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea...

Quotes by Amy Sedaris

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these being responsible quotes focus on?
They cover different sides of responsibility, from being answerable for a serious mistake to taking care of a child or one's own health, as reflected in the sampled quotes on this page.
Do the quotes connect responsibility to parenting?
Yes, several speakers describe becoming responsible for someone else once they had a child, and how that pushed them to set a better example, a theme also found under Maturity.
Is self-reliance part of the theme here?
One quote directly links being responsible for your own health to self-reliance and individual responsibility, tying personal accountability to everyday choices.
Are these quotes only about parenting?
No, the page also includes reflections on being responsible for a serious personal action, showing that the word applies well beyond family life.
What related quote pages pair well with this one?
If this theme resonates, Duty and Strength explore nearby ideas about obligation and the resolve responsibility can require.

Being responsible often means setting an example for others, not just following rules. Explore related themes in Duty and Maturity for more perspectives.