James Clavell Quotes

I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.

There will be good and bad, right and wrong. Your reaction of choice, good or bad, has consequences that affect you and those around you.

Each decision - to kill, to sign a petition, to write a letter, to make a speech, to attack, to lie, to surrender - was made at some point in somebody's day.

Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

A first impulse was never a crime.

Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we don't serve people well.

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake.

It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead and said let's dispense these drugs.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.

There's an ethical dimension to my life and all of our lives, from the time we get up in the morning to the time we sleep, including what we sleep on. So I don't separate my choices from ethical choices at any time.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.

I think people have to take responsibility for their own actions.

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

As long as I'm not hurting anybody, I don't think that anything I do is wrong.