Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself—and be lenient to everybody else.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

I never encounter anything except my responsibility.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes thee world a better place to live.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not to waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have now seen.