Interdependence Council Quotes

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

One man can make a difference and every man should try.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything.'

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.

Whoever can, should.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

Be a doer and not a critic.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

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

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

In dreams begins responsibility.

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

There is no entitlement without a duty.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.