The way to avoid responsibility is to say, ''I've got responsibilities.''
~ Richard Bach

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
~ Francis Bacon

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
~ Douglas Adams

You must choose the thoughts and actions that will lead you on to success.
~ R. C. Allen

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have û life itself.
~ Walter Anderson

Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the road which lie ahead and those over which we have traveled, and if the feature road looms ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting-inviting, then we need to gather our resolve and carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that one as well.
~ Maya Angelou

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.
~ Aristotle

God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.
~ Joy Baluch

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
~ 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

Bear one another's burdens.
~ Bible

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. [Luke 12:48]
~ Bible

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.
~ Bertolt Brecht

If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights.
~ Stuart Briscoe

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

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

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
~ Les Brown

You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
~ Les Brown

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.
~ Harry Browne