Marsha Sinetar Quotes

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices.

Conditions we face are the result of choices made and problems unmet.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

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.

In dreams begins responsibility.

With awareness come responsibility and choice.

And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.

I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.

Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.

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

Going into Somalia, I didn't anticipate how many people's lives would be affected by it. In hindsight, I certainly wish I had taken more time to think about that, but I can't change it.

People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a smart car and go on exotic foreign holidays. It's up to you.

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.