Quotes About Self-responsibility

Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them.

Your life is in your hands. No matter where you are now, no matter what has happened in your life, you can begin to consciously

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but that mark of a fake messiah.

Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.

The law of karma says that no matter what context I find myself in, it is neither my parents, nor my science teacher, nor the mailman, but I alone who have brought myself into this state because of my past actions. Instead of trapping me in a fatalistic snare, this gives me freedom. Because I alone have brought myself into my present condition, I myself, by working hard and striving earnestly, can reach the supreme state which is nirvana.

Lucky is the soul whose only troubles are self-inflicted. a

What people need to accept is that it is there responsibility to communicate what they need and what they feel, and to realize that they cannot expect someone else magically to make them happy. People want to be made happy, instead of making themselves happy

We're all in charge of our own lives—and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make.

We're all in charge of our own lives—and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make." Those

They insisted on thinking of God as something outside themselves. Something that yearns to take every indolent moron to His breast and comfort him. The notion that the effort has to be their own, and that the trouble they are in is all their own doing, is one that they can't or won't entertain.

This means that you yourself are largely the agent of anything bad that happens to you. With more prudence, wiser policies, and greater vision, you could have avoided the danger. So when something goes wrong, look deep into yourself—not in an emotional way, to blame yourself or indulge your feelings of guilt, but to make sure that you start your next campaign with a firmer step and greater vision.

Nobody can make you happy or unhappy except you.

To be a leader, you have to lead yourself first.

Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

19] 'My brother shouldn't have treated me in this way.' Indeed he shouldn't, but it's for him to see to that. For my part, however he treats me, I should conduct myself towards him as I ought. For that is my business, and the rest is not my concern. In this no one can hinder me, while everything else is subject to hindrance.

You did not have to apologize for wanting to own your own soul. Your soul belonged to you—for better or worse. When all was said and done, it was all you had.

No one can make you a victim but yourself.

Your first step in taking responsibility is to quit blaming others and quit blaming the world.

So we let him act on his own

our first responsibility is to remove the weeds from our own garden. We must take the high road ourselves before exhorting others to do so.

I'm not responsible for what other people think, only for what I am.