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The ultimate goal of human life is to attain spiritual perfection (moksha), or freedom from transmigration of the atman . The social existence of an individual is means for attaining this supreme goal. Since an individual cannot attain moksha without fulfilling his (her) individual and social duties, responsibilities and obligations, Hindu social philosophy...includes the essential social principles and practices, goals of human life: dharma (moral law), artha (wealth), kama (pleasure), and moksha (spiritual perfection, the ultimate goal).
— Bansi Pandit, in The Hindu Mind: Fundamentals of Hindu Religion and Philosophy for All Ages (1 January 2001), p.279
Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.
gordon b. hinckley— Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.
alexander alekhine— Quoted in: Daniel James Brooks (2013) Poetics. Book 1, p. 72
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
p. t. barnum— Ch. 20: "Preserve your integrity"
One of the principle causes is that the modern world has made the clerc into a citizen, subject to all the responsibilities of a citizen, and consequently to despise lay passions is far more difficult for him than for his predecessors.
julien benda— p. 158 (Treason of the Intellectuals (1927))
We have reconfirmed the unity and firmness of our position, the position expressed in the Joint Communique of the four powers at Paris on December 14th. We do not accept any substitution of East Germans for the Soviet Union in its responsibilities toward Berlin and its obligations to us. We are resolved that our position in, and access to, West Berlin shall be preserved.
john foster dulles— Quoted in "1959 Year In Review: Death of John Foster Dulles," UPI.com (1959)
"What is meant here is that man should not become immersed in loving the world which will make him forget the responsibilities that Allah had ordered him to hold, but he has to look at the world in its reality, in which it represents a place for obeying Allah."
mohammad hussein fadlallah— The mutual love between Allah and His servants
So the question is, do corporate executives , provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible? And my answer to that is, no they do not.
Milton Friedman— Interview "Milton Friedman Responds" in Chemtech (February 1974) p. 72.
It has become clear that America ’s civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long – relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.
robert gates— Speech to U.S. Global Leadership Campaign (Washington, D.C.), 2008-07-15.
Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin . We think him more a savior who shoulders our responsibilities than him who shoulders our sins. If instead of making decisions we have but to obey and do our duty, we feel it as a sort of salvation.
Eric Hoffer— Section 84 (The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955))
I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn’t enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.
mary martin— p. 39
The United States must accept the responsibilities arising from the occupation of Iraq, and should not finger point or put the blame on others.
manouchehr mottaki— Iran FM attacks US policy in Iraq 4 May 2007
Reagan 's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for the robber barons. It is posed abstractly as the freedom of the individual from government control a Jeffersonian ideal at the roots of our Bill of Rights, to be sure. But what it meant in politics a century later, and still means today, is the freedom to accumulate wealth without social or democratic responsibilities and license to buy the political system right out from everyone else.
bill moyers— "For America's Sake" speech (12 December 2006), as quoted in Moyers on Democracy (2008), p. 17
Fifty years from today, Americans will revere the name, 'Obama.' Because like his Canadian predecessors, he chose the tough responsibilities of national leadership over the meaningless nostrums of sterile partisanship that we see too much of in Canada and around the world.
brian mulroney— September 17, 2009, YouTube video
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.
sarah palin— Referring to her mayorship of Wasilla, Alaska."Quotes of the Day". Time. 2008-09-04.
Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
james k. polk— Inaugural Address (4 March 1845)
In the matter of the maintenance and rearing of children the Anarchists would neither institute the communistic nursery which the State Socialists favor nor keep the communistic school system which now prevails. The nurse and the teacher, like the doctor and the preacher, must be selected voluntarily, and their services must be paid for by those who patronize them. Parental rights must not be taken away, and parental responsibilities must not be foisted upon others.
benjamin tucker— ¶ 31
In dreams begin responsibilities .
William Butler Yeats— Epigram to the book Responsibilities (1914); this was later used as the title of the story "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" (1937) by Delmore Schwartz.
The pleasant converse of the fireside, the simple songs of home, the words of encouragement as I bend over my school - tasks, the kiss as I lie down to rest, the patient bearing with the freaks of my restless nature, the gentle counsels mingled with reproofs and approvals, the sympathy that meets and assuages every sorrow, and sweetens every little success all these return to me amid the responsibilities which press upon me now, and I feel as if I had once lived in heaven, and, straying, had lost my way.
— Josiah Gilbert Holland, p. 325. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
p. t. barnum— 'Preserve Your Integrity', The Art of Money Getting (1880).
Another common deficiency is the failure of some panaceas to take into account a social system's developmental responsibilities to its stakeholders.
— p. 253 (Re-Creating the Corporation (1999))
The United States must accept the responsibilities arising from the occupation of Iraq, and should not finger point or put the blame on others.
— Iran FM attacks US policy in Iraq 4 May 2007
An organization chart is a drawing depicting how the responsibilities and functions of the organization are divided up among its workers. It usually shows who reports to whom.
— A. Leslie Derbyshire (1981) Mastering Management p. 230
In dreams begin responsibilities.
— William Butler Yeats in his epigram to the book Responsibilities (1914); this was later used as the title of the story "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" (1937) by Delmore Schwartz
It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.
— Letter to Charles Eliot Norton (4 February 1872)
Reagan 's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for the robber barons. It is posed abstractly as the freedom of the individual from government control a Jeffersonian ideal at the roots of our Bill of Rights, to be sure. But what it meant in politics a century later, and still means today, is the freedom to accumulate wealth without social or democratic responsibilities and license to buy the political system right out from everyone else.
— Bill Moyers, "For America's Sake" speech (12 December 2006), as quoted in Moyers on Democracy (2008), p. 17
Three-quarters [of post-abortive women surveyed] said that having a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities, about two-thirds said they could not afford to have a child and half said they did not want to be a single parent or had relationship problems.
— Aida Torres and Jacqueline Darroch Forrest, "Why Do Women Have Abortions", Family Planning Perspectives, 20 (4) Jul/Aug 1988, pp 169-176 (The bimonthly research journal of The Alan Guttmacher Institute).
The preservation of life seems to be rather a slogan than a genuine goal of the anti-abortion forces: what they want is control. Control over behavior: power over women. Women in the anti-choice movement want to share in male power over women, and do so by denying their own womanhood, their own rights and responsibilities.
— Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places (1997).
All these young millionaires were anarchists, of course: when a man possesses everything it is the supreme luxury for him to deny society: for in that way he can evade his responsibilities.
— Romain Rolland, in Jean-Christophe: Revolt (1905), p. 395
