It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.

If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that...

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so...

I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty I woke and found that life was Duty.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

It is healthier in any case to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are.

The legacy we leave behind should be better than the legacy we inherited.

You are not responsible for the reader, you're only responsible for what you are writing.

Educating the child is everybody's business.

It will always depend on you, the choices you make and the actions you take.

The beginning of wisdom starts from persistently living up to your responsibilities in life, despite your circumstances.

Being a good parent is not an obligation, it is a choice. Plenty of people fall short in the parent category and quite a few refuse to accept it. You will do a much better job if you understand that...

A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.

I know, I know. I rescued him and he's bonded to me like a baby duck.

you are responsible for you own happiness

Your patriotism is not measured by what your country can do for you. It's all about what you can do for your country for your own benefit and for the benefit of unborn generations!

Pastor, Face Your Business. When people say this, they mean that I must just stay behind the pulpit and preach.

Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one's cues.

When there is no owner, there will be an abuser.

My job is to scream cockle - doodle - doo. Don't blame me if the sun doesn't rise.

God will create the best opportunity for you. To find those opportunities is your responsibility.

When liberators hide their liberty tools, injustice prevails. True leaders intervene by dealing with injustice before it passes puberty.

Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other...

We ourselves are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.

Faith, in its most correct form, never removes responsibility; it removes fear of responsibility. The results are complete opposites with the greater saying, 'God's will is my delight.'

See, my special gift is that I'm a mediator. I help guide the tortured souls of the newly dead to their afterlife destinations - wherever that happens to be - generally by cleaning up whatever messes...

It is impossible to erase my choices.

When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

"Surely you can entrust your task to your friends." "No," said Taran, after a long pause, "I have taken it on myself through my own choice." "If that is so," answered Medwyn, "then you can give it up...