162 Quotes About Personal-responsibility

Socialist ideology rationalizes individual failure by laying it at the feet of the system itself, rather than connecting it with its proximate cause, the individual.

Movement away from defensive destructiveness and towards greater social responsibility is a characteristic of this [actualising] tendency. The political implication of this position is that we do not need to be controlled by authority. We, individually and collectively, not only have the right to self-determination and group determination but, given the necessary conditions, can be trusted to use our power responsibly.

It would be tedious to continue piling example upon example, statistic upon statistic. For at a certain point, a feeling of deep lethargy sets in, and our reaction is: 'What's the use?' or 'What can one man possibly do?' If we respond in this manner, we are lost. For it is precisely by shifting problems from the trivial to the tragic plane, by forsaking a personal view for a cosmic one, that we rationalize and manage to shrug off our own personal responsibility.

The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

We are responsible for our actions. But we must battle for sufficient time in our own lives to bring value to our existence.

We must strongly resist reductions in diversity, especially when it happens, either directly or indirectly, because of our own activities.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

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.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.