quotes for responsibility

When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. ~Bertolt Brecht, Jungle of Cities, 1924



Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose, you can buy hundreds of rose gardens? ~Rumi



Modesty and unselfishness - these are virtues which men praise - and pass by. ~Andre Maurois, Ariel, 1924



Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another checkout line. ~Ann Landers



Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian



Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ~John Barrymore



It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because... All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are. ~Mark Cuban



Unlike poetry and music, the art of history is cumulative. ~John Clive, Not By Fact Alone



The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. ~Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens



You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy. ~Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993



Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get. ~George D. Prentice



Fudge is a noun, a verb, an interjection, and delicious! ~Jessi Lane Adams



To lead is difficult when you're a follower of fear. ~T.A. Sachs



If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. ~Abigail Van Buren



There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs. ~Bill Vaughan



Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. ~Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, 1820



It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. ~George MacDonald



One man's daydreaming is another man's novel. ~Grey Livingston