Mary Lyon Quotes

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

You have to step up when your number is called.

The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.

For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you...

Whoever can, should.

I am only one. But I am one. I cannot do everything. But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do

There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.

I wanted to do well for me and for Maura. It is bigger than me. I have a responsibility. It's incumbent upon me to do Maura the best I can.

I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility.

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'

I just go out and do my job.

I am out there to do my job.

I owe my family first, but I also have others around me that I have to perform for.

What I do is I do my job.

I know what my role is.