Responsible Action Quotes

Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do whatever we please reduces freedom to a physical power and forgets that freedom is a moral power.

A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint

I've changed, and I've learned every single year what to do and what not to do. But I still pride myself on going out and doing the right things. Doing what I'm supposed to be doing on both ends of the floor.

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.

I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.

Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.

Many say our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair.

Before I make an action, think about the consequences. ... Any decision I make is a heavy decision.

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

I think that Donald Trump is very concerned about finding the right way to be effective in a responsible way. And he wants to be effective.

We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours; the earth is in balance.

In 1985, I was living with my sister in Virginia, and since I was still in high school, I worked at McDonald's to save money to get an abortion. It sounds really terrible, but it was the best decision I ever made. It was the first time I took responsibility for my actions. I messed up, had sex without contraception, and got pregnant at 15.

If, by demanding revolutionary change, I run the risk of accomplishing nothing on behalf of the public, then I'm not sure that's a responsible course of action.

As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.

A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of his land.

Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.

We have to think before we act.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

I've been careful what I've put my name to.

It's a complex system we live in to think the actions that we take have consequences beyond the years in which we serve, and we all have an obligation to do what is best for our country.

Sometimes it's good to act responsibly.