Personal Responsibility Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old personal responsibility quotes, personal responsibility sayings, and personal responsibility proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

God has entrusted me with myself. Epictetus
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. Les Brown
No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility. Gerald W. Johnson
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. Eleanor Roosevelt
We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye. Carlos Castaneda
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you. Ralph Marston
A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch. Kemmons Wilson
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. Enoch Powell
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone. George O'Neil
Each is responsible for his own actions. H. L. Hunt
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown
No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself. Bertolt Brecht
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself. Alexander Graham Bell
Whatever happens, take responsibility. Tony Robbins
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Margaret Thatcher
Each player must accept the cards that life deals him or her. But once in hand one must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. Voltaire
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a king. John Milton
Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another. Richard Bach
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Von Goethe