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“It is a sad reflection . . . that a sense of responsibility which comes with power is the rarest of things.”

Responsibility Reflection Sense Of Responsibility

Author:Alexander Crummell

“I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.”

Responsibility Reflection

Book:Asger Jorn

Source: Asger Jorn

“To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the art of eluding responsibility; it means acting in compliance with orders received, and therefore finding in one's own mind, by effort and reflection, the possibility to carry out such orders. It also means finding in one's own will the energy to face the risks involved in execution.”

Thinking Mind May Mean Doe Art Faces Order Energy Effort Acting Responsibility Risk Possibility Involved Findings Reflection Silent Execution Risk It Compliance Abstaining

Author:Ferdinand Foch

“In 1939 I wrote my first article ("Intime banaliteter" [Intimate banalities] in the journal Helhesten) in which I expressed my love for sofa painting, and for the last twenty years I have been preoccupied with the idea of rendering homage to it. Thus I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection. Only my current situation has enabled me to accomplish the expensive task of demonstrating that the preferred sustenance of painting is painting.”

“A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom about self and others, responsibility, forgiveness, depth of reflection, and better decision making -\-\teaching us what's truly important-\-\is not an ultimate failure. Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.”

“Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of rational reflection on these principles. Autonomy is thought to be necessary for attributing political responsibility.”

Mean Political Process Responsibility Principles Exercise Reflection Capacity Rational Autonomy Political Responsibility

Author:Alison Assiter

“So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.”

Ifs Way Responsibility Accepting Positive Reflection Careful Obligation Behave Be Careful

Author:Sidney Poitier

“I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust...What terrible karma those Jews mustve had... This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes their horrific fate, is something no longer to be tolerated quietly. It is time for... modern Buddhism to outgrow it by accepting social responsibility and finding ways to address such injustices.”

“The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space.”

Individual Space Responsibility Millions Planets Reflection Unconscious Pollution Psychics Taking Responsibility

Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“Climbing is individual thing, it's a reflection of yourself. When you put up a route you're looking at yourself. If you chisel holds, it's your responsibility, nobody else's.”

Ifs Individual Responsibility Reflection Climbing Routes Chisels Reflection Of Yourself

Author:Ron Kauk

“My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.”

Thinking Feels Moments Facts Care Artist Song Responsibility Mass Reflection Conscious Take Care That Moment

Author:Shakira

“This is what I have been saying, especially about those people who were once partisan operatives and have become Never-Trumpers, and most especially those who speak now all the time about what a danger he is. I'm talking to you: Nicole Wallace, Michael Steele, Steven Schmidt, Kurt Bardella, Rick Wilson, can you own your part in where we are currently? Can you tell us how you helped get us here? Can you make clear how and what you sold people that led right to this snake oil salesman?”

Responsibility Courage Democracy Honesty Danger Reflection Bravery Patriotism Ownership Come Clean

Author:Shellen Lubin