“Do you have the courage to take full responsibility for everything you think, feel and do, without blaming yourself?”— Scott Ginsberg, theladders.com
“I don't want to pay the bill, I just want to take you high.”— What Moon Things, whatmoonthings.bandcamp.com
“The most reckless thing I do is ignore emails marked urgent. It’s a real rush.”— Anna Kendrick, amazon.com
“I'm 23. It can't be about how much they screwed us up anymore.”— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com
“Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.”— M. Scott Peck,, amazon.com
“Empaths are not your punching bags. Trauma isn’t a justification to mistreat others. There is no excuse to abuse someone else. While I love to help others, as an empath, I am not responsible for fixing your life or catering to your toxicity. I am not responsible for managing your triggers, walking o…”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.”— Hubert Selby Jr., amazon.com
“I can’t blame my parents or my childhood, an abusive uncle or some terrible tragedy. It’s my fault.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“But when they lose a chess game, they know that they have no one to blame but themselves. They had everything they needed to win, and they lost. If that happens to you once, you can usually find some excuse, or just never think about it again. When it's part of your life, when it happens to you ever…”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com
“The only man who, at the first shock, ran towards the scene of terror was Grant... which shows his kind of character very well.”— Theodore Lyman, amazon.com
“I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“No one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It’s always someone else’s fault. Usually people just blame the victim.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you. When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally, you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others.”— Don Miguel Ruiz, amazon.com
“A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."”— Viktor E. Frankl, amazon.com
“Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.”— Viktor E. Frankl, amazon.com
“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”— Gary Snyder, amazon.com