2,642 Quotes About Responsibility

But no matter how much parents and grandparents may have sinned against the child, the man who is really adult will accept these sins as his own condition which has to be reckoned with. Only a fool is interested in other people's guilt, since he cannot alter it. The wise man learns only from his own guilt. He will ask himself: Who am I that all this should happen to me? To find the answer to this fateful question he will look into his own heart.

Freedom can be a state of mind, a path built independently, and with freedom comes responsibility.

Han siger sig saadan hverken at ville eller at kunde troe, og paastaaer, at de anførte Skriftens Steder, som synes at bekræfte deslige Lærdom, maa ikke forklares efter Bogstaven. Ved denne Bekiendelse, som ham i Barndommen ved grundige Raisons er indprentet, holder han stift, saa at heele Svitzer-Land ikke kand bevæge ham til at vige fra sin forrige Meening.

Уважение взрослого проявляется, например, в том, что он подчеркивает ответственность детей за свое поведение. Ребенок чувствует, что его уважают, когда его спрашивают: "Чему научил тебя этот случай?" или "Что ты сейчас чувствуешь?" и внимательно выслушивают его рассуждения на эту тему.

Hope for the future lies in each of us looking within. By learning to feed your hunger, you can overcome the tempting illusions all around you. By discovering who you are, you can stop basing your self-image solely on other people’s ideas about you. By connecting to your inner strength, you can stop cycling between idealistic illusions and self-hating disillusionment. By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

Люди пьют алкоголь, принимают наркотики, погружают себя в пучину дурмана, чтобы на время избавиться от тех тяжелых обязанностей, которые приносит свобода.— Какова же главная и тяжелейшая обязанность, налагаемая свободой? Видеть. Значит, мы пьем, чтобы на время ослепнуть.

The worst thing that can happen to you as a young person, is to refuse to grow up. You refuse to grow up when you believe that someone else must take responsibility for your life and life circumstances.