Best responsibility & generations Quotes

“I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.”

Thinking Wealth Responsibility Generations Amount Characteristics New Generation

Author:Azim Premji

“Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.”

Knows May Earth Nature Animal Responsibility Known Generations Late Plant Too Late Capability Organisms Insects Future Generation Habitat

Book:Worlds in Harmony

Source: Worlds in Harmony

“I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the mystery of life.”

World Soul Left Responsibility Generations Mystery Responsible Awe Trembling Mystery Of Life Stranded

Book:Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980): memorial exhibition

Source: Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980): memorial exhibition

“The Evangelistic Harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is strategic. We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear the full responsibility for the next one; but we do have our generation. God will hold us responsible as to how well we fulfill our responsibilities to this age and take advantage of our opportunities.”

“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.”

Way Self Hard Individual Given Responsibility Generations Hard Work Discipline Capacity Self Discipline Fortitude Relentless My Generation Grim Individual Responsibility

Book:Old Home Town

Source: Old Home Town

“Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”

“We have a great responsibility. Whatever we make will become the truth, the visual reality that a generation will accept.”

Reality Responsibility Accepting Generations Visuals Great Responsibility

Author:James Cameron

“And now that the Greatest Generation is getting older, I think it is the responsibility of all Americans to make sure we do our part for America's seniors. You have earned the best of America -- and we need to make sure you get the protection and health care you deserve.”

Thinking Needs Care America Responsibility Generations Deserve Protection Health Care Senior Getting Old Getting Older Greatest Generation

Author:John F. Kerry

“I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential, passion and confidence.”

“Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of children who have strong moral character. And if we wish to do that, we have two responsibilities: first, to model good character in our own lives, and second, to intentionally foster character development in our young.”

Source: Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues

“Barack Obama's daughters are very smart. They told him they will take the same responsibility for the dog that he is taking for the economy. That way, if the dog leaves a mess in the White House, it'll be cleaned up by future generations.”

Ifs Way House White Responsibility Economy Generations Dog Smart Daughter Mess Barack White House Future Generation Very Smart

Author:Jay Leno

“It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and striving to be all that we were intended to be. It takes us beyond self-centeredness and enables us to resist the combined forces of indifference and meaninglessness. It awakens us to a sense of responsibility for those most in need of our society as well as for that world that future generations will inherit.”

“This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.”

Ifs World Giving Seems Joy Responsibility Vision Generations Offers Giving Up Tasks Lifetime Optimistic Enthusiasm Hopeless Fulfilled Outlook Never Giving Up This Generation

Author:Dalai Lama

“It is not always easy to be who we are, but as we grow up and mature and develop coping mechanisms that enable us to survive and thrive in a complicated world, we have the responsibility to reach back and help others still struggling along the way. In so doing, we can also help ourselves. Above all, we cannot allow each generation to grow up in a world where they feel they are alone while we carry so much knowledge, history, and foundation that we can, and must, pass on to them.”

“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.”

“I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.”

Years I Can Care Leadership Justice Responsibility Leader History Generations Health Integrity Ethics Health Care Disability Uniforms Taking Responsibility Facility Lack Of Integrity

Author:Eric Shinseki

“If my sons are to become the kind of men our daughters would be pleased to live among, attention to domestic details is critical.The hostilities that arise over housework...are crushing the daughters of my generation....Change takes time, but men's continued obliviousness to home responsibilities is causing women everywhere to expire of trivialities.”

Ifs Men Kind Home Would Be Attention Responsibility Generations Son Daughter Details Critical Arise Crush My Son Take Time Hostility My Generation Housework Our Daughter Triviality

Author:Mary Blakely

“Schulz told lies in German, and it's unfortunate someone can speak German in this house, but it is our responsibility to stand up against it - the generation of Schulz's parents and the generation of the Arab MKs' parents collaborated to destroy the Jews. (on European Parliament President Martin Schulz)”

Lying House Speak Parent President Responsibility Generations Jew Unfortunate Parliament

Author:Uri Orbach

“In the past we could afford a long gestation period before undertaking major environmental policy initiatives. Today the time for a well-planned transition to a sustainable system is running out. We may be moving in the right direction, but we are moving too slowly. We are failing in our responsibility to future generations and even the present one.”

“The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.”

“What does our generation owe to generations yet unborn? ...there is an order in the universe which must be respected, and... the human person, endowed with the capability of choosing freely, has a grave responsibility to preserve this order for the well-being of future generations.”

Humans Wells Persons Doe Order Universe Responsibility Generations Environmental Graves Well Being Preserves Capability Sustainability Future Generation Unborn Our Generation Order In The Universe

Author:Pope John Paul II

“I think the thing about capitalism is it's an evil necessity, capitalism. Communism has been tried and failed, and socialism, that doesn't work very well. Capitalism works, but the problem about capitalism is it does mean that a few individuals become very wealthy. Therefore, I think those individuals have enormous responsibility to redistribute that wealth either by creating new businesses or creating new jobs and making sure that money just doesn't lie in a bank account for future generations.”

“I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do.”

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Author:Champ Bailey

“It's absolutely essential for every generation to capture that social responsibility. Injustice grows like weeds. The injustices of the world are like weeds, and if you do nothing they'll choke your whole garden, man.”

Ifs Men World Whole Social Grows Responsibility Generations Essentials Garden Injustice Weed Capture Social Responsibility Choke

Author:Luis Valdez

“We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.”

Natural Wealth Justice Responsibility Issues Rich Generations India Climate Climate Change Future Generation Trustees

Author:Narendra Modi

“If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.”

Ifs Way Life Faces Next Strong Responsibility Generations Concern Ultimate Cycles Being Strong Cycle Of Life

Author:Erik Erikson

“These same experiences make of the sequence of life cycles a generational cycle, irrevocably binding each generation to those that gave it life and to those for whose life it is responsible. Thus, reconciling lifelong generativity and stagnation involves the elder in a review of his or her own years of active responsibility for nurturing the next generations, and also in an integration of earlier-life experiences of caring and of self-concern in relation to previous generations.”

Source: Vital Involvement in Old Age

“What is clear is that the earth is mandating that the human community assume a responsibility never assigned to any previous generation...Our task at this critical moment is to awaken the energies needed to create the new world and to evoke a universal communion of all parts of life.”

“If we look to our responsibility to the generations yet unborn who will come after us, how can we fail to recognize that peace and freedom are inextricably bound up one with another and that the threat to one is a threat to both”

Ifs Looks Responsibility Failing Generations Threat Bounds Unborn

Author:Winston Churchill

“As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard work laid the foundation for the city we enjoy today. Whether someone is born here, or comes here for college, career, or retirement, I want L.A. to be a place that welcomes all generations.”

Want Hard Government Today Past Enjoy Born Cities Responsibility Careers Generations College Hard Work Foundation Retirement Mayors Enjoy Today City Government

Author:Eric Garcetti

“We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith.”

Important Soul Earth Spiritual Parent Challenges Responsibility Fire Teacher Generations Fans Arms Capacity Core Flames Rising Casual Great Spiritual Parents And Teachers

Author:Neil L. Andersen

“I'm really disturbed by the degree to which I don't hear people saying, "Are we leaving the world better than we found it?" I think we are a generation that perhaps could not answer in the affirmative, and it is the evasion of the larger responsibility of being only one generation in what one hopes will be an infinite series of fruitful generations. There is a selfishness in refusing to understand that we are passing through; others will come, and they deserve certain courtesies and certain considerations from us.”

“The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.”

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Author:Mike Huckabee

“There never was a set of men since God made the world under a stronger responsibility to warn this generation, to lift up our voices long and loud, day and night as far as we have the opportunity and declare the words of God unto this generation. We are required to do this. This is our calling. It is our duty. It is our business.”

Men World Long Made Night Opportunity Voice Responsibility Generations Duty Calling Stronger Lifts Loud Word Of God Day And Night This Generation

Author:Wilford Woodruff

“I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. . . . I think when it comes to the media, the media needs to take responsibility for the effect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool, so then all of a sudden being funny is making fun of the girl who's wearing an ugly dress.”

“Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.”

Way Children Enjoy Responsibility Generations Seeds Relax Shed Harvest Grandchildren Grandma Realisation Yoke

Book:At Wit's End

Source: At Wit's End

“I've seen definitive change in the mountains. I have concerns for the future generation. We inherit the earth from the people in front of us, and then we pass it on to the next generation. I don't think we've done a great job with our responsibility to leave the earth a better place than what we were born into.”

People Thinking Done Earth Jobs Next Born Responsibility Generations Fronts Mountain Concern Better Place Next Generation Future Generation Great Job

Author:Jeremy Jones

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