#responsibility

"As the world fights those who use violence to advance their agenda, engagement, not neutrality,is needed in our educational systems."

"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done."

"It's always seemed to me that flirtation is a man's device for avoiding responsibility. He can say whatever he wants and knows he won't be taken seriously."

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

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

"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."

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

"Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed."

"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."

"All my failures as a human being I blame on my father. Life is about accepting responsibility, and it’s time my father started being held accountable for my deficiencies."

"Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out that you missed a spot."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."