Dennis Potter Quotes

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I have been very fortunate, so much is expected of me.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment.

When I found out that I could carry a tune, well, I came to realize that I had a gift, that it was a kind of a blessing. And I think if you're given something special, you ought to try and give that something back. If you don't, it's a sin. No question.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

In dreams begins responsibility.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

The most beautiful gift I have received in my life is the trust of Clint Eastwood. When you have this respect and this kind of responsibility on your shoulders, of course you bring the best of yourself.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

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

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.

There is no entitlement without a duty.

Tom Clarke is dead. He has not our responsibilities. Nobody will ever know what he would do for the situation did not arise for him. But is has risen for us and we must face it with our intelligence and conscious of our responsibility.

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

We were elected to lead and sometimes we just have to do the right thing.

I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.

I have taken care of my gift, and because I've taken care of my gift, I feel like I've been continually and constantly blessed to get to do wonderful things.

I've been blessed with talents to play this game and been put on a stage to impact a lot of people. I don't want to take that for granted.

God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.