Accepting Responsibility Quotes

• The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

  M. Scott Peck

  Pain, Lying, Responsibility

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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  I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

  Howard Schultz

  Success, Leadership, Believe

  Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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• There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

  David Cottrell

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  David Cottrell, Eric Lee Harvey (2004). “Leadership Courage: Leadership Strategies for Individual and Organizational Success”, p.17, The Walk The Talk Company

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  The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

  Joan Didion

  Life, Respect, Self Esteem

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Sep 15, 2011

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• Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.

  Ralph Marston

  Responsibility, Inspire, Obstacles

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• Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility in the final analysis. The one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.

  Michael Korda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Success!". Book by Michael Korda, 1977.

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• Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Responsibility, Done, Our Actions

  FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Oct 18, 2016

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• The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Lying, Responsibility, Wheels

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• Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.

  Les Brown

  Spiritual, Powerful, Responsibility

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• No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.195, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

  Denis Waitley

  Wise, Wisdom, Responsibility

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• Accepting responsibility is the fulcrum point for succeeding at anything.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Responsibility, Succeed, Accepting

  Jeffrey Gitomer (2014). “The Sales Bible, New Edition: The Ultimate Sales Resource”, p.53, John Wiley & Sons

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• The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them,
  are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

  Neal Boortz

  Responsibility, Keys, Choices

  Neal Boortz (1998). “The Terrible Truth about Liberals”, p.44, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect.

  Wes Fesler

  Responsibility, Maturity, Respecting Others

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• The first step to truly living a good and fearless life, is accepting responsibility for your actions. Accepting what part you had in any situation. Difficult, to say the least, but liberating.

  Jann Arden

  Responsibility, Fearless, Firsts

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• It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

  John Major

  Responsibility, Self, Law

  "Major gives seal of approval to Tories' right-wing agenda". The Sunday Times, October 9, 1993.

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• Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.

  John Ortberg

  Pain, Disappointment, Mean

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.148, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.

  Brian Tracy

  Responsibility, Negative, May

  Brian Tracy (2010). “Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible”, p.21, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• A fish is free as long as it stays in the water. If it suddenly declares that it wants its freedom to fly in the air like a bird, disaster occurs. A train is free as long as it stays on the track. However, if it demands freedom to take off down a major highway, the result is destruction and devastation. We too can only experience true freedom in its fullest if we remain within the framework of freedom. Often this requires accepting responsibility and practicing discipline.

  Gigi Graham

  Responsibility, Air, Discipline

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• They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind their revolutionary adolescence and demonstrate that they have reached political maturity.

  Ari Shavit

  Moving, Responsibility, Maturity

  "After Gaza disengagement, then what? Speculation intensifies" by Jack Epstein, www.sfgate.com. August 14, 2005.

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• The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies which makes thought a guide of free practice for all and which makes leisure a reward of accepting responsibility for service, rather than a state of exemption from it.

  John Dewey

  Responsibility, Practice, Rewards

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.264, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Leadership is about taking charge and influencing others to follow your vision. It's about going against the odds and accepting responsibility for the outcomes along the way

  Robin Crow

  Responsibility, Odds, Vision

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• Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Responsibility, Greatness, Action

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