There is nothing else which calls so much out of a young person as grave responsibility.  Somehow other things do not reach the reserves of human power as responsibility does.  The pampered idle young man of wealth never discovers anything like his greatest possibilities, his real strength, unless an unexpected emergency makes a demand on him.  He never really knows his power until he has shouldered [...]

Image by Paul Chenoweth via Flickr The willingness to accept a job and follow through with it without diversion from the original purpose and intent, is a mark of genius.  High in the categories of men of achievement will ever be found those who can assume responsibility. – Gaines S. Dobbins, The Sunday School Builder, Nashville, TN., June 1954

The truly successful man, the one who fully realizes the meaning of citizenship, sums up his philosophy of life in the word responsibility.  He feels, with every fiber of his being, that human existence is not merely a necessity thrust upon him, but that it is a glorious privilege, a tremendous opportunity for well doing.  He is not content to let others solve the problems of thought, society, government;  [...]