Self Responsibility Quotes

“When I hear a grown man or woman say, "Once I had faith in men, now I have not," I am inclined to ask, "Who are you whom the world has disappointed? Have not you rather disappointed the world?"”

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.”

“Be the compromise you want to see in the world.”

“I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.”

“In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.”

“That I be not as those are who spend the day in complaining of headache and the night in drinking the wine which gives the headache!”

“A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.”

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.”

“Denn was ist Freiheit? Dasz man den Willen zur Selbstverantwortlichkeit hat.”

“Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.”

“I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.”

“Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook." And then demonstrate it. Be happy, no matter what they're doing. Practice feeling good, no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility for the way you feel-and then, you'll love them all. Because the only reason you don't love them, is because you're using them as your excuse to not feel good.”

“The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all.”

“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.”

“Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments”

“A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.”

“Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.”

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”

“The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”