"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer (1917-2008)

"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom." Bob Dylan

"The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scale." Aesop

"True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive." Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983)

"One cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it." Albert Einstein

"You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it." Ken Keyes, Jr.

"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities." Bill Maher

"I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling ... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift." Kevin Spacey

"We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not to be serious." Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"Corporation: n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility." Ambrose Bierce, author and editor (1842-1914)

"Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the cross hairs of a gun sight. And after I've finished 'shooting,'my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals." Jimmy Stewart

"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense." Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992

"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace." Ronald Reagan

"What is it on the planet that needs doing, that I know something about and probably won't happen unless I take responsibility for it?" Buckminster Fuller

"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have." Lee Iacocca, automobile executive (1924- )

“To nourish and raise children against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.” Marilyn French

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” unknown

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it’s remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver’s license.” P.J. O’Rourke

“An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.” Donald Marquis (1878-1937) American journalist and humorist

“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist