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Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel lecture (1989)
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
- Religion
For myself, I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Negro and His Nemesis (1904)
- Charity
Yes, I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Issue (1908)
- Morality
I wear the chain I forged in life
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
I repeat that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Vivian Grey (1826), Book VI, Chapter 7
- Power
You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.
Edward VIII1894–1972Abdication broadcast (11 December 1936)
- Love
- Marriage
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before — consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.
George Eliot1819–1880Adam Bede (1859)
I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family, to which we all belong.
Elizabeth II1926–2022Broadcast on her 21st birthday, from Cape Town (21 April 1947)
- Leadership
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy⁠—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter IXIn context
- Money
Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.
Erich Fromm1900–1980Man for Himself (1947), Ch. 3
- Love
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost1874–1963Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)In context
We have an obligation to make things beautiful. Not to leave the world uglier than we found it, not to empty the oceans, not to leave our problems for the next generation.
Neil Gaimanborn 1960Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming (2013)
- Beauty
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
Jane Goodall1934–2025With Love (1999)
- Inspiration
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
Ulysses S. Grant1822–1885Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875)
- Justice