Absolves Responsibility Quotes & Sayings

When in doubt, throw it out. — Jeremy Jackson

The language of reactive people absolves them of responsibility. — Stephen R. Covey

469. - We never desire earnestly what we desire in reason. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

In recent decades we have emphasized the value of teaching people 'tolerance.' Tolerance is not only inadequate, it is a negative concept which only alienates society further. Learning to tolerate absolves people of the responsibility of learning to understand different people, accept and appreciate their differences, and progress towards respecting them for who and what they are. It is only when we build acceptance between people that we will rid ourselves of the scourge of prejudice and liberate ourselves from violence. — Arun Gandhi

One thing that shapes our behavior knowingly or unknowingly is fear — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Cooper walked, slow and steady, four-four time in a world gone off measure. — Marcus Sakey

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. — George Soros

It may be that in the belief of the possibility of redemption, people willingly do wrong. Redemption waits, like a side door, there in whatever court of judgement we eventually find ourselves. Not even the payment of a fine is demanded, simply the empty negotiation that absolves responsibility. — Steven Erikson

It must be wonderful to be you, Dominic, and know that you alone have shaped yourself. It must be even more wonderful for other people, your mother and even God Himself for all I know, to know that. It absolves them of a terrible responsibility. — Jayne Bauling

You can quote me, but I'll tell everyone that you're lying. — Jael Turner

The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and you don't have to act because that person will do it for you. — Sara Paretsky

I wanted my first novel to be a veritable infarct of narrative cloggers-the trick being to feel your way through each clog by blowing it up until its obstructiveness finally reveals not blank mass but unlooked-for seepage points of passage. — Nicholson Baker

Forgiving someone only absolves you from holding them accountable. When that person has not truly met that accountability, it is a weakness on your end, Miss Rachael. To forgive when they are unrepentant only relieves you of that responsibility. — Deidre Huesmann

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. — Mary Astell