personal responsibility quotes

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

I’ve rarely kept my distance from kind of – I don’t know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, ‚Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.‘

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

What someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

I’m only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else’s life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there’s no point in me blaming you for what’s wrong in my life.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

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.

I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.

No man is hurt but by himself.

All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.