Motivational Quotes

Responsibility

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.

- Bell, Alexander Graham

Best Quotes about Responsibility

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.

Mack, Connie

When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.

O'Neil, George

A man carries his success or his failure with him, it does not depend on outside conditions.

Trine, Ralph Waldo

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

Brown, Les

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.

Heatter, Gabriel

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

Bible

I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.

Mills, Darius Ogden

From my tribe I take nothing I am the maker of my own fortune.

Tecumseh

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Robbins, Anthony

10.

God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.

Baluch, Joy

11.

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.

Ford, Henry

12.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Churchill, Winston

13.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

Milgram, Stanley

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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Gordimer, Nadine

15.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.

Browne, Harry

16.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

Gandhi, Mahatma

17.

Nobody can do it for you.

Cordiner, Ralph

18.

The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.

Proverb

19.

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

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

20.

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.

Guthrie, Arlo

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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.

Anderson, Walter

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The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

Simpson, O. J.

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A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

James, Cyril

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Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.

King, Billie Jean

25.

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Stoppard, Tom

27.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Winkler, Henry

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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.

Rohn, Jim

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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.

Stirner, Max

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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.

Tracy, Brian

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We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

Massie, Allan

32.

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

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

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No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

Hill, Napoleon

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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.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.

Popplestone, Charles E.

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Only you can hold yourself back, only you can stand in your own way. Only you can help yourself.

Strabo, Mikhail