Christopher Gadsden Quotes

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

We bear a heavy and therefore a great destiny.

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle.

We've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that.

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

Life is lighter than a feather; duty is heavier than a mountain.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

I feel it is an intensely disagreeable and unfortunate task which we cannot in honor shirk.

With great power goes great responsibility.

The mantle of the pioneers has fallen on our shoulders.

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...

Freedom ... comes with a price tag of great expectations.

I'm not going to be their spear catcher for the rest of this year.

I don't enjoy cricket. I just take it as a priority... something that I have to do.