“It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.” GivingYearsMatterHardFactsAbleResponsibilityPeriodsGiving UpResearchProductiveMatter Of FactAdministrative Author:George Andrew Olah
“We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.” PersonsHardOpportunityNationsResponsibilityHard WorkPromiseSucceedRemainsPersonal ResponsibilityUnbrokenGreat Nations Author:Brian Sandoval
“It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.” HardProblemBeautifulForgetResultsResponsibilityHard WorkBuddhismBalanceCircumstancesMidstTaking ResponsibilitySomething BeautifulResponsibility For Your LifeDoing Things For Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“You see, without hard work and responsibility, there is no American Dream. Hard work lays the foundation. Our solidarity makes work pay - for all of us. For the greater good. That's what our vision of shared prosperity is all about.” HardDreamPayResponsibilityVisionGreaterHard WorkFoundationLaysProsperityAmerican DreamSolidarityGreater Good Author:Richard Trumka
“It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.” WellsHardWinningFunResponsibilityPerformingPerforming Well Author:Rau'shee Warren
“Tomorrow's leaders not only have dreams, goals and plans. They are willing to work hard and to take responsibility for turning their plans into energy, perspiration and effort. They don't sit back and wait for someone else to turn their dreams into action. They take charge of executing their own plan.” HardDreamActionTurnsEnergyWaitingGoalEffortResponsibilityLeaderPlansWillingHard WorkTomorrowTaking ResponsibilityExecutingPerspiration Author:Denis Waitley
“It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.” InspirationalGivingMatterHardFacesDealsResponsibilityEasierDevotionDedication Author:Bill Vaughan
“I try to tell people to do, or advise them, anyway, is adopt conservative philosophies like hard work, preparation, perseverance, love of God, love of country, personal responsibility. Start to think for yourself and then go out and vote. And I think that once they start to do that, they will know where their vote should go.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldTryingCountryHardPhilosophyResponsibilityHard WorkVotePerseveranceConservativePreparationGod LoveAdvisePersonal ResponsibilityThink For YourselfPerseverance In Love Author:David A. Clarke, Jr
“The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsHardHandsGovernmentTodayNextBehindsResponsibilityFrontsSonHard WorkKingsResponsibleBoxesTendenciesOfficialsMy SonNext TimeMonarchyBallots Author:Abdallah II
“Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.” HardValuesResponsibilityPolicyHard WorkIntegrityPersonal Responsibility Author:Dan Quayle
“That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and a capacity for relentless hard work.” WaySelfHardIndividualGivenResponsibilityGenerationsHard WorkDisciplineCapacitySelf DisciplineFortitudeRelentlessMy GenerationGrimIndividual Responsibility Book:Old Home Town Source: Old Home Town
“It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly hard!” HardBehindsResponsibilityAcceptingFailure Author:Vaclav Havel
“I got famous in my 30s. I already had a real life and kids and responsibilities, like laundry and cleaning bathrooms. It's hard not be grounded when you have that. I think, if you get super-famous and everyone tells you you're wonderful when you're 12, it's probably a lot harder.” IfsThinkingRealHardKidsResponsibilityWonderfulHarderReal LifeGroundedCleaningBathroomLaundry Author:Stephenie Meyer
“We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and faith in our strength are bound to bring us success. There should be no place for despondency. The crisis can and must be fought by uniting our intellectual, spiritual and material resources.” ShouldHardSpiritualValuesResponsibilityMoralHistoryPowerSupportProgressHonestyMaterialsHard WorkCivilizationIntellectualResourcesEconomicsCrisisBoundsDebtSocialismTaxationMoral ValuesUnitingDespondency Author:Vladimir Putin
“And then God gave me insight: this was winter. It would end, in time, but not by my own doing. My responsibility was simply to know the season, and match my actions and inactions to it. It was to learn the slow hard discipline of waiting. It was my season to believe in spite of-to believe in the absence of evidence or emotion, when there's nothing, no bud, no color, no light, no birdsong, to validate belief. It was my time to walk without sight.” KnowsBelieveEndsHardLightActionBeliefWaitingMy OwnWalksEmotionResponsibilityColorDisciplineEvidenceSeasonsSightWinterInsightAbsenceMy TimeSpiteInactionBudBirdsong Author:Mark Buchanan
“I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and if they won't part with it for your product the chances are that your product hasn't sufficient value. An artist or writer hasn't any monopoly .... If the public response to his artistry is lacking, he'd do well to spend more time analyzing what's the matter with his work, and less time figuring what's the matter with the public.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsArtMatterHardArtistValuesSoundChanceResponsibilityProductsHard WorkTestsResponseHonestlySufficientMore TimeLackingMonopolyChances AreArtistryAnalyzingTrue ValueCommercialism Book:Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel Source: Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel
“Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, "Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people."” PeopleGivingMeanHardResponsibilityCarefulExplanationOffensiveSay AnythingOffended Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.” PeopleWantHardRunningSuccessWishResponsibilityCareersHard WorkBuddhismEnlightenmentRunning AwayRenounce Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think the responsibility of pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be. You can march to your own beat. It's so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed.” ThinkingWayCountrySometimesHardStarsResponsibilityMassBeatsPopsOur CountryMarchConformityBe YouPop Stars Author:Adam Lambert
“Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?” FeelsYearsMeanSaidTwoHardLastsFunResponsibilityBoysMillionsPlansWeekPrideProjectsDollarsExecutivesVacationLast YearTaking ResponsibilityEightyTwo WeeksMillion DollarsRespondingDummy Author:Lee Iacocca