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Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Les Brown

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Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.

Les Brown

Responsibility
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Accountability breeds response-ability.

Stephen Covey

Responsibility
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All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

Mahatma Gandhi

Responsibility
5

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.

Thomas Carlyle

Responsibility
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Be more aware of responsibility than you are of your rights.

Responsibility
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Bear one another's burdens.

Responsibility
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Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the road which lie ahead and those over which we have traveled, and if the feature road looms ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting-inviting, then we need to gather our resolve and carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that one as well.

Maya Angelou

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Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

George Orwell

Responsibility
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

William Ellery Channing

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Freedom is a package deal -- with it comes responsibilities and consequences.

Responsibility
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher

Responsibility
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I am responsible for everything except for my very responsibility, for I am not the foundation of my being. Therefore everything takes place as if I were compelled to be responsible. I am abandoned in the world... in the sense that I find myself suddenly alone and without help, engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Responsibility
14

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.

John D. Rockefeller

Responsibility
15

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Responsibility
16

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Viktor Frankl

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17

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Les Brown

Responsibility
18

In dreams begin responsibility.

William Butler Yeats

Responsibility
19

In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

Thomas Merton

Responsibility
20

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.

Molière

Responsibility
21

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Responsibility
22

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

Denis Waitley

Responsibility
23

Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry.

Responsibility
24

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Responsibility
25

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility.

Albert Schweitzer

Responsibility
26

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.

Samuel Smiles

Responsibility
27

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

Napoleon Hill

Responsibility
28

No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

Responsibility
29

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

Aristotle

Responsibility
30

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

Bertolt Brecht

Responsibility
31

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Responsibility
32

Nothing happens by itself. It all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

Ben Stein

Responsibility
33

One must care about a world one will not see.

Bertrand Russell

Responsibility
34

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared.

Dan Quayle

Responsibility
35

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.

Woodrow Wilson

Responsibility
36

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Tom Stoppard

Responsibility
37

Responsibility educates.

Wendell Phillips

Responsibility
38

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Winston Churchill

Responsibility
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Nadine Gordimer

Responsibility
40

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Responsibility
41

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the only quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.

Michael Korda

Responsibility
42

The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.

Responsibility
43

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

Brian Tracy

Responsibility
44

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Francis Bacon

Responsibility
45

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Responsibility
46

The way to avoid responsibility is to say, I've got responsibilities.

Richard Bach

Responsibility
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The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Joan Didion

Responsibility
48

They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Andy Warhol

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49

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Malcolm Forbes

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50

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Responsibility
51

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Responsibility
52

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. -- Luke 12:48

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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

Walter Scott

Responsibility
54

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Ronald Reagan

Responsibility
55

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Tony Robbins

Responsibility
56

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln

Responsibility
57

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Napoleon Hill

Responsibility
58

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

Denis Waitley

Responsibility
59

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Jim Rohn

Responsibility
60

You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.

Les Brown

Responsibility
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You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Henry Ford

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“We fouled up. I did. He got hurt. Badly, maybe. And the god…is not helping him today.”

Janet Morris

Immortality, Responsibility, Death, Duty, Divine Intervention

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Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.

Be more aware of responsibility than you are of your rights.

Bear one another's burdens.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Freedom is a package deal -- with it comes responsibilities and consequences.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

In dreams begin responsibility.

In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility.

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Nothing happens by itself. It all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

One must care about a world one will not see.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared.

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the only quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.

The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

The way to avoid responsibility is to say, I've got responsibilities.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. -- Luke 12:48

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

“We fouled up. I did. He got hurt. Badly, maybe. And the god…is not helping him today.”