Responsibility Quotes
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.Responsibility
Adams, Douglas
1952 British Science Fiction Writer
You must choose the thoughts and actions that will lead you on to success.
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Allen, R. C.
To shun one s cross is to make it heavier.
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Amiel, Henri Frederic
1821-1881 Swiss Philosopher Poet Critic
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.
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Anderson, Walter
American Trainer Author
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.
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Angelou, Maya
1928 African-American poet Writer Performer
No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.
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Aristotle
BC 384-322 Greek Philosopher
The way to avoid responsibility is to say, I ve got responsibilities.
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Bach, Richard
1936 American Author
The mould of a man s fortune is in his own hands.
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Bacon, Francis
1561-1626 British Philosopher Essayist Statesman
God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.
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Baluch, Joy
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
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Beecher, Henry Ward
1813-1887 American Preacher Orator Writer
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.
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Bell, Alexander Graham
1847-1922 British-born American Inventor of Telephone
Bear one another s burdens.
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Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. [Luke 12:48]
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Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.
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Brecht, Bertolt
1898-1956 German Dramatist Poet
If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights.
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Briscoe, Stuart
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
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Brown, Les
1945 American Speaker Author Trainer Motivator Lecturer
You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
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Brown, Les
1945 American Speaker Author Trainer Motivator Lecturer
Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.
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Brown, Les
1945 American Speaker Author Trainer Motivator Lecturer
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
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Brown, Les
1945 American Speaker Author Trainer Motivator Lecturer
The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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Browne, Harry
1933 American Financial Advisor Writer
All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster s eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.
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Carlyle, Thomas
1795-1881 Scottish Philosopher Author
An individual without information can t take responsibility. An individual with information can t help but take responsibility.
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Carlzon, Jan
Business Executive CEO of SAS
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.
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Channing, William Ellery
1780-1842 American Unitarian Minister Author
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
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Churchill, Winston
1874-1965 British Statesman Prime Minister
Nobody can do it for you.
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Cordiner, Ralph
Accountability breeds response-ability.
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Covey, Stephen R.
American Speaker Trainer Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.
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Crane, Frank
American Actor
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Depree, Max
1924 American Furniture Manufacturing Company Executive
The willingness to accept responsibility for one s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
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Didion, Joan
1934 American Essayist
Good men prefer to be accountable.
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Edwardes, Michael
South Africa-born British Industrialist
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
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Forbes, Malcolm S.
1919-1990 American Publisher Businessman
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.
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Ford, Henry
1863-1947 American Industrialist Founder of Ford Motor Company
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Frankl, Viktor E.
1905 Austrian Psychiatrist Neurology Writer Man's Search for Meaning
All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.
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Gandhi, Mahatma
1869-1948 Indian Political Spiritual Leader
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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Gordimer, Nadine
1923 South African Author
Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them.
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Guizot, Madame
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person s point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.
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Guthrie, Arlo
American Artist
We are each responsible for all of our experiences.
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Hay, Louise L.
American Metaphysical Teacher Lecturer Author
More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man -- he -- himself.
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Heatter, Gabriel
1890 American Journalist
If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it he will always betray himself.
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Heckscher, August
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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Hill, Napoleon
1883-1970 American Speaker Motivational Writer Think and Grow Rich
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
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Hill, Napoleon
1883-1970 American Speaker Motivational Writer Think and Grow Rich
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
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Holland, Josiah Gilbert
1819-1881 American Author
Each is responsible for his own actions.
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Hunt, H. L.
American Oil Magnate
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
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Hunt, Roy L.
A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
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James, Cyril
No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.
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Johnson, Gerald W.
1890-1980 American Author
Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
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King, Billie Jean
1943 American Tennis Player
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.
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Korda, Michael
1919 American publisher
As novices, we think we re entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.
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Lane, Rose Wilder
1886-1968 American Author and Journalist
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
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Lec, Stanislaw J.
1909 Polish Writer
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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Lincoln, Abraham
1809-1865 Sixteenth President of the USA
Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he spends. This may be a the age of eighteen, twenty-five, or thirty-five. Some people remain unproductive and dependent children forever and therefore intellectually and emotionally immature.
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Link, Henry C.
I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.
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Mack, Connie
We have a Bill of rights. What we need is a Bill of responsibilities.
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Maher, Bill
We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
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Massie, Allan
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.
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Merton, Thomas
1915-1968 American Religious Writer Poet
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
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Milgram, Stanley
I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.
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Mills, Darius Ogden
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
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Moliere
1622-1673 French Playwright
We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.
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Newman, Mildred
American Psychoanalyst Psychologist
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.
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O'Neil, George
American Anthropologist Author
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.
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Orwell, George
1903-1950 British Author Animal Farm
Responsibility educates.
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Phillips, Wendell
1811-1884 American Reformer Orator
You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.
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Popplestone, Charles E.
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
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Powell, John Enoch
1912 British statesman
The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
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Proverb
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared.
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Quayle, Dan
1947 American Politician Vice-President
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.
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Reagan, Ronald
1911 Fortieth President of the USA Actor
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
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Robbins, Anthony
1960 American Author Speaker Peak Performance Expert / Consultant
The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them.
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Robertson, Walter S.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.
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Rockefeller, John D.
1839-1937 American Industrialist Philanthropist Founder Exxon
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.
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Rohn, Jim
American Businessman Author Speaker Philosopher
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Russell, Bertrand
1872-1970 British Philosopher Mathematician Essayist
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.
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Saint-Exupery, Antoine De
1900-1944 French Aviator Writer
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul
1905-1980 French Writer Philosopher
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.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul
1905-1980 French Writer Philosopher
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility.
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Schweitzer, Albert
1875-1965 German Born Medical Missionary Theologian Musician and Philosopher
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Scott, Sir Walter
1771-1832 British Novelist Poet
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
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Shula, Don
American Football Coach
I don t remember, I didn t do it. That s my story, and I m sticking to it
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Simmons, Joe
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that s the day you start to the top.
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Simpson, O. J.
1947 American Football Player
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.
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Smiles, Samuel
1812-1904 Scottish Author
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
1918 Russian Novelist
The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
1918 Russian Novelist
Nothing strengthens the judgement and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
1815-1902 American Social Reformer and Women's Suffrage Leader
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.
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Stein, Ben
American Professor Writer
Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man s lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one s self.
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Stirner, Max
1806-1856 German Satiric Philosopher
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
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Stoppard, Tom
1937 Czech Playwright
Only you can hold yourself back, only you can stand in your own way. Only you can help yourself.
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Strabo, Mikhail
From my tribe I take nothing I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Tecumseh
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.
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Toynbee, Arnold
1852-1883 British Economic Historian and Social Reformer
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.
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Tracy, Brian
American Trainer Speaker Author Businessman
A man carries his success or his failure with him, it does not depend on outside conditions.
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Trine, Ralph Waldo
American Author
Life s heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry.
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Unknown, Source
Freedom is a package deal -- with it comes responsibilities and consequences.
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Unknown, Source
Be more aware of responsibility than you are of your rights.
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Unknown, Source
No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.
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Unknown, Source
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
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Waitley, Denis
1933 American Author Speaker Trainer Peak Performance Expert
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
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Waitley, Denis
1933 American Author Speaker Trainer Peak Performance Expert
They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
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Warhol, Andy
1930 American Artist Filmmaker
Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.
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Wilson, Woodrow T.
1856-1924 Twenty-eighth President of the USA
A human being s first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
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Winkler, Henry
American Actor Comedian
In dreams begin responsibility.
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Yeats, William Butler
1865-1939 Irish Poet Playwright
I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.
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Zarlenga, Peter Nivio
American Businessman Founder of Blockbuster Videos