#responsibility

"So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis"

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

"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."

"People have forgotten this truth,"the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose."

"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

"The function of freedom is to free someone else."

"you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own"

"Never compromise your values."

"If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly."

"Religion ist nichts anderes als die Lehre davon, wie man frei von Erkenntnis gehorcht [...]."

"Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own."

"...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church."

"Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self."

"A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that."

"People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility."

"The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte."

"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."