John C. Maxwell Quotes

Power always brings with it responsibility.

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

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

Anything which tends to bring a greater sense of responsibility to individuals should be encouraged.

I've never run away from my responsibilities.

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer.

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to everyone.

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, duty performed or duty violated is still with us, for our happiness or our misery. If we say the darkness shall cover us, in the darkness as in the light our obligations are yet with us.

Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

You need responsibility in life.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

People are supposed to be responsible.

I had no plans to become a responsible person.

I support accountability.

Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good.