“No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.” MotivationalChoicesNextEffortAttentionConsequenceResourcesResponsibleBeing Responsible Author:Seth Godin
“How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.” GovernmentPoliticalPartyPovertyMassIllusionConsequenceProgramResponsibleWelfareConvinceSomedayPolitical PartiesNotoriousAlleviate Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.” PeopleActionMaterialsBehaviorConsequenceEconomicsResponsibleMirrorsPropertyRealmsGoodsSurroundRegimesFenceReflectingPrivate PropertyReflecting Back Author:Tom Bethell
“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.” MenMayActionChoicesPayAttentionAcceptingCasesConsequenceResponsibleInvestingPay AttentionDecision MakingInner Life Author:W. H. Auden
“I want to help you "fly right" in the gathering storms of the last days. You are the pilots. You are responsible to think about the consequences of every choice you make. Your righteous choices will keep you from getting off course.” ThinkingWantHelpingLastsChoicesCoursesConsequenceResponsibleStormPilotsRighteousGatheringLast DayChoices You Make Author:Robert D. Hales
“I feel a responsibility, as I get older, to be responsible to what I've experienced, to what I've lived and been in a position to witness. I realize now that as a consequence of having lived the life I have, quite apart from the one, as I understand it, lived by most American writers, maybe I now know some things and have some stories to tell that others don't know about or wouldn't be able to tell. Maybe there's an intrinsic value in that lived experience and knowledge, though of course what you do with it is everything.” ValuesRealizingResponsibilityConsequenceResponsibleWitnessBeing ResponsibleAmerican Writer Author:Francisco Goldman
“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.” LifeBelieveChoicesI BelieveAcceptingInspirational LifeConsequenceResponsibleLifetimeDeedsLife And LoveLife ChoicesOur ChoicesConsequences Of Our ActionsLife And ChoicesResponsibilities In Life Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.” SometimesMatterEasyMy OwnDecisionCircumstancesConsequenceResponsibleFingersTragicAddictBenign Author:Moby
“A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.” ChoicesResponsibilityWillingConsequenceResponsibleAssuming Author:Gary Zukav
“When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.” KnowsChoicesPositionWillingConsequenceResponsibleIntentionYou ChooseBeing Responsible Author:Gary Zukav
“He [Brian Fraser] told me that a man must be responsible for any see he sows, for it's his duty to take care of a woman and protect her. And if I wasna prepared to do that, then I'd no right to burden a woman with the consequences of my own actions.” IfsMenCareActionMy OwnDutyProtectConsequenceResponsiblePreparedBurdenTake CareBeing ResponsibleBrian Author:Diana Gabaldon
“I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.” ThinkingShouldChristianConsequenceTreatsResponsibleGenuineStupid PeopleBeing Responsible Author:George Carlin
“A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.” InspirationalChoicesCausesTermDecisionResponsibilityDependsConsequenceUltimateResponsibleRewardsRealizationMaturityHard TimesLoving LifeChoices You MakeUltimate Success Author:Denis Waitley