Sophie Swetchine Quotes

For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

I have an obligation to the people of Illinois, to the Senate and to myself to leave the Senate while I am still eager to serve, not after I tire of serving.

We have, all of us, our duties. Every action of our lives, and every word that we utter, will either conduce to or detract from the discharge of our duty.

Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty.

Obligations may be universal or particular.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.

I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.

Everybody just has to be held accountable for their own actions.

If you back out of a convention... you can't dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable.

We are not only responsible for what we do but also for what we do not do.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.

Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

In dreams begins responsibility.