Rickover Responsibility Quotes & Sayings

To Rickover the titles and organization charts meant nothing; only the realities of responsibility mattered.45 — U.S. Government

That I should just dive in and let my world fall apart and rebuild itself. That if I can embrace change, I can embrace death, and that is the secret to liberation. — Suzanne Morrison

He "binds up the broken-hearted" (Isa. 61:1). As a mother is tenderest toward the most diseased and weakest child, so does Christ most mercifully incline to the weakest. Likewise he puts an instinct into the weakest things to rely upon something stronger than themselves for support. The vine steadies itself upon the elm, and the weakest creatures often have the strongest shelters. The consciousness of the church's weakness makes her willing to lean on her Beloved and to hide herself under his wing. — Richard Sibbes

Full-time lover of your world; part-time lover of God — Craig Groeschel

Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have. — Nick Newell

Responsibility is a unique concept ... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you ... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible. — Hyman G. Rickover

How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb? — Chuck Baldwin

We found a book called Alexander, about a boy who confesses all his misdeeds to his father by blaming them on an imaginary red-and-green striped horse. Alexander was a pretty bad horse today. Whatever we can't hold, we hang onto a hook that will hold it. — Leslie Jamison

I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring out the Fossil Fuel Age. Our greatest responsibility, as parents and as citizens, is to give America's youngsters the best possible education. We need the best teachers and enough of them to prepare our young people for a future immeasurably more complex than the present, and calling for ever larger numbers of competent and highly trained men and women. — Hyman Rickover

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. — Peter Davison

we need to stand up for our own principles as liberals. Specifically, we need to say to offended Western Muslims (and their liberal supporters) that it is not we who must accommodate their beliefs and sensitivities. Rather, it is they who must learn to live with our commitment to free speech. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. — Lord Dunsany

It's only the dead who'll tell you the truth. — Thomas Adcock

There are no beautiful clocks. Everything to do with time is hideous. — Robert Aickman

The way that people show me love on Twitter? I don't know man. It's amazing. — T-Pain

Most important, I hope you grow into a woman who loves herself. It is not an easy thing, self-love. It takes a lot of practice and time. But as a woman who is learning how to get there herself, I hope I can give that gift to you as you grow. — Jodie Sweetin

Did the world always mete out just deserts? — Patricia Highsmith

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted. — Margaret Thatcher