45 Most Inspiring Quotes on Personal Responsibility

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It is a fact that we all have to take responsibility for our lives. It is also a fact that we all need to learn how to take responsibility for our lives. You can try as much as you want, but it will not work if you are not responsible, and it will work if you are responsible.

Your decisions, values determine your success and how you prioritize the time you invest in yourself. Taking responsibility for your life means understanding that you are in control of your destiny. No one has power over the person who takes responsibility for their life. You are the only one who can determine what happens to you by setting goals, taking risks, and acting on opportunities on your terms.

Here are a few inspirational quotes on taking responsibility for your actions. When you take responsibility, you can make all the correct moves to start living a fulfilling, successful life.

45 Most Inspiring Quotes on Personal Responsibility

“Who we become is the result of our disciplined actions.” ― Brendon Burchard

“The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them.” ― Steve Maraboli

“Accept responsibility for your actions. Be accountable for your results. Take ownership for your mistakes.” ― Anonymous

“The greatest people are ‘great’ because they’re willing to admit their greatest faults.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“No life lacks grandeur if you claim it as your own.” ― Marty Rubin

“Remember every one of us is responsible to make the world a joyful place.” ― Debasish Mridha

“Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.” ― Ralph Marston

“The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” ― Anne Frank

“The power behind taking responsibility for your actions lies in putting an end to negative thought patterns. You no longer dwell on what went wrong or focus on whom you are going to blame. You don’t waste time building roadblocks to your success. Instead, you are set free and can now focus on succeeding.” ― Lorii Myers

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you to where you want to go, no one else.” ― Les Brown

“Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. ― Steve Maraboli

“One day I realized that everything that I get out of life, is exclusively a result of my actions. That is the day I became a man.” ― Nav-Vii

“Accountability breeds responsibility.” ― Stephen R. Covey

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you.” ― Vironika Tugaleva

“Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your self-esteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.” ― Yehuda Berg

“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.” ― Denis Waitley

“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

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.” ― Adrienne Rich

“Personal responsibility is the willingness to completely accept choices that we have made throughout our life.” ― Asa Don Brown

“Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.” ― Wayne Dyer

“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.” ― Confucius

“If you own this story you get to write the ending.” ― Brene Brown

“Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies.” ― Heather Schuck

“My life is immeasurably enriched by taking personal responsibility to do what I can, with what I have, where I am.” ― Rob Waldrop

“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” ― Oprah Winfrey

“This isn’t just ‘the way things are.’ This is the way you made them. This is the result of your choices, your actions. Yours.” ― Andrew Klavan

“When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.” ― Dalai Lama

“You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you.” ― Miguel Ruiz

“You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel. Remember, that.” ― Anonymous

“Personal responsibility leads to national transformation.” ― Sunday Adelaja

“Responsibility is the thing people dread the most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.” ― Dr. Frank Crane

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” ― Jim Rohn

“When you start to accept responsibility for the results you get in life, you also take back the power to change your future outcome.” ― Kevin Ngo

“There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ― Dr. Denis Waitley

“It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are.” ― Allanah Hunt

“The secret ingredients to true happiness? Decisive optimism and personal responsibility.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree

“The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.” ― Stephen Covey

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.” ― J.K. Rowling

“Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.” ― Sharon Salzberg

“Take responsibility — it’s where your powers live.” ― Will Craig

“There’s not a chance we’ll reach our full potential until we stop blaming each other and start practicing personal accountability.” ― John G. Miller

“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.” ― Hal Elrod

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