Top 71 Responsibility Quotes (POWER & DUTY)

24 Inspiring Quotes About Taking Responsibility & Ownership

Between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. - Victor E. Frankl — Between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our **growth** and our **freedom**. – **Viktor E. Frankl**

When you think everything is someone's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. - Dalai Lama — When you think everything is someone’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both **peace** and joy. – **Dalai Lama**

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. - Sigmund Freud — Most people do not really want **freedom**, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. – **Sigmund Freud**

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness. - Eckhart Tolle — When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness. – **Eckhart Tolle**

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. - Henry Ward Beecher — Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. – **Henry Ward Beecher**

Being responsible is an enormous privilege... It's what marks anyone a fully grown human. - Barack Obama — Being responsible is an enormous privilege… It’s what marks anyone a fully grown human. – **Barack Obama**

The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them. - Steve Maraboli — The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them. – **Steve Maraboli**

Taking responsibility is a commitment to own your life, to self-leadership, growth, and freedom. - Christopher Avery — Taking responsibility is a commitment to own your life, to self-leadership, **growth**, and freedom. – Christopher Avery

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. - Joan Didion — The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. – Joan Didion

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw — We are made **wise** not by the recollection of our past but by the responsibility for our **future**. – **George Bernard Shaw**

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will—his personal responsibility. - Albert Einstein — Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will—his personal responsibility. – **Albert Einstein**

One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think. - Martin Seligman — One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think. – Martin Seligman

You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their actions. — You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their **actions**.

It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are. - Allanah Hunt — It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are. – Allanah Hunt

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. - Theodore Roosevelt — If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. – **Theodore Roosevelt**

You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. - Oprah Winfrey — You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about **moving on**. – **Oprah Winfrey**

Fully accepting, loving, and being yourself allows you to be 100% authentic. This means being fully responsible for yourself. - John Felitto — Fully accepting, loving, and being yourself allows you to be 100% authentic. This means being fully responsible for yourself. – John Felitto

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstance, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. - Jim Rohn — You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstance, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. – **Jim Rohn**

The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life. - Jim Rohn — The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life. – Jim Rohn

Part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for what you did wrong in the first place. - Jack Bauer — Part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for what you did wrong in the first place. – Jack Bauer

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it. – **Sophocles**

The price of greatness is responsibility. - Winston Churchill — The price of greatness is responsibility. – **Winston Churchill**

Take responsibility, trust and have faith in yourself that you can offer the world something that no one has ever known. - Paul Martens — Take responsibility, **trust** and have faith in yourself that you can offer the world something that no one has ever known. – Paul Martens

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. - Moliere — It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. – Moliere

When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone. - George O’Neil — When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone. – George O’Neil

13 Quotes on How Responsibilities And Happiness Are Intertwined

The secret ingredients to true happiness? Decisive optimism and personal responsibility. - Amy Leigh Mercree — The secret ingredients to true happiness? **Decisive** **optimism** and personal responsibility. – Amy Leigh Mercree

Making someone responsible for your misery also makes them responsible for your happiness. Why give that power to anyone but yourself? - Scott Stabile — Making someone responsible for your misery also makes them responsible for your happiness. Why give that power to anyone but yourself? – Scott Stabile

Happiness is your responsibility. If you depend or wait for other people to make you happy you will always be disappointed. - Byron Pulsifer — Happiness is your responsibility. If you depend or wait for other people to make you happy you will always be disappointed. – Byron Pulsifer

Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed. - Rodolfo Costa — Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed. – Rodolfo Costa

The Bible tells us that when we're faithful in the little things that God gives us to do then He will bring increased blessings and responsibility into our lives. - Bill Vincent — The Bible tells us that when we’re faithful in the little things that God gives us to do then He will bring increased blessings and responsibility into our lives. – Bill Vincent

You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you. - Miguel Ruiz — You are never responsible for the **actions** of others; you are only responsible for you. – Miguel Ruiz

Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life. - Orrin Woodward — Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life. – Orrin Woodward

Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands. - Roy T. Bennett — Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands. – **Roy T. Bennett**

The natural human response is to react but to take complete ownership requires **courage** and **self-discipline**. The more you have that, the happier you’d be. – **Jeremiah Say**

Take responsibility for yourself; it’s very rewarding. - Amanda Green — Take responsibility for yourself; it’s very rewarding. – Amanda Green

Accepting complete responsibility for your life means that you refuse to make excuses or blame others for anything in your life that you're not happy about. - Brian Tracy — Accepting complete responsibility for your life means that you refuse to make excuses or blame others for anything in your life that you’re not happy about. – Brian Tracy

Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you. - Brian Tracy — Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you. – **Brian Tracy**

15 The Power of Taking Responsibility Quotes

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness. - Sharon Salzberg — Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness. – **Sharon Salzberg**

Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies. - Heather Schuck — Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies. – Heather Schuck

The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life. - Hal Elrod — The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life. – Hal Elrod

Personal responsibility leads to national transformation. - Sunday Adelaja — Personal responsibility leads to national transformation. – Sunday Adelaja

The greatest people are ‘great’ because they’re willing to admit their greatest faults. - Craig D. Lounsbrough — The greatest people are ‘great’ because they’re willing to admit their greatest faults. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer — **Action** springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. – **Dietrich Bonhoeffer**

When you start to accept responsibility for the results you get in life, you also take back the power to change your future outcome. - Kevin Ngo — When you start to accept responsibility for the results you get in life, you also take back the power to change your **future** outcome. – Kevin Ngo

Take responsibility — it’s where your powers live. - Will Craig — Take responsibility — it’s where your powers live. – Will Craig

To achieve life mastery and be worthy of a life well lived, we must take action, ownership, and responsibility for our choices. - Will Craig — To achieve life mastery and be worthy of a life well lived, we must take **action**, ownership, and responsibility for our choices. – Will Craig

Responsibility is the thing people dread the most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber. - Dr. Frank Crane — Responsibility is the thing people dread the most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber. – Dr. Frank Crane

Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. - Steve Maraboli — Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. – **Steve Maraboli**

Responsibility is a grace we give ourselves. It is not something imposed from outside of us. We have a say in how our life goes. - Kristen Moeller — Responsibility is a **grace** we give ourselves. It is not something imposed from outside of us. We have a say in how our life goes. – Kristen Moeller

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. - George Bernard Shaw — Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – **George Bernard Shaw**

With great power there must also come... great responsibility! - Stan Lee — With great power there must also come… great responsibility! – Stan Lee

By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you. - Vironika Tugaleva — By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you. – Vironika Tugaleva

19 Quotes to Help You Accept and Take Responsibility

Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation. - Dan Millman — Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation. – Dan Millman

There are two primary choices in life - To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. - Denis Waitley — There are two primary choices in life – To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. – **Denis Waitley**

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt — In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. – **Eleanor Roosevelt**

Take responsibility for your own greatness, no one can take that courage walk for you. - January Donovan — Take responsibility for your own greatness, no one can take that courage walk for you. – January Donovan

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

Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it. - Steve Maraboli — Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it. – **Steve Maraboli**

Accepting responsibility should be your default response to everything. - Pia Silva — Accepting responsibility should be your default response to everything. – Pia Silva

Remember, you are responsible for your future, so take charge and turn your life into whatever it is that you want it to be. - Sharlene Snow — Remember, you are responsible for your **future**, so take charge and turn your life into whatever it is that you want it to be. – Sharlene Snow

If you own this story you get to write the ending. - Brene Brown — If you own this story you get to write the ending. – **Brene Brown**

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank — The final forming of a person’s **character** lies in their own hands. – **Anne Frank**

Responsibility is accepting that you are the cause and the solution of the matter.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim. - Richard Bach — If it’s never our fault, we can’t take responsibility for it. If we can’t take responsibility for it, we’ll always be its victim. – **Richard Bach**

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility. - Patrick Ness — To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility. – Patrick Ness

A lot of responsibility is learned over time and comes with experience. The best we can do is try our hardest and be self-aware. Macy How

You and I need to be the decision makers in our own lives and careers. It is also our responsibility to allow and encourage others to do the same. - Jay Rifenbary — You and I need to be the decision makers in our own lives and **careers**. It is also our responsibility to allow and **encourage** others to do the same. – Jay Rifenbary

Deliberately take the responsibility to change your life because you can; yes you can! - Okorote Emmanuel — Deliberately take the responsibility to change your life because you can; yes you can! – Okorote Emmanuel

We live in a culture of blame. People will blame anyone or anything for their misery sooner than take the responsibility to own it and make it better. - Dr. Henry Cloud — We live in a **culture** of blame. People will blame anyone or anything for their misery sooner than take the responsibility to own it and make it better. – **Dr. Henry Cloud**

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. - Denis Waitley — The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. – Denis Waitley

Skills can be taught and developed, but attitudes are difficult to change and ultimately are the responsibility of each person. - Gary Schulz — Skills can be taught and developed, but **attitudes** are difficult to change and ultimately are the responsibility of each person. – Gary Schulz

Conclusion

Imagine this scenario: “Why did you add sugar in my coffee?” Juliet ask. Romeo replies, “Well, you should have told me you didn’t like sugar.”

This is how often people fail to take ownership and play the blame game.

The question isn’t who’s right or wrong, the question is: Are you willing to take responsibility?

Taking responsibility means owning up and taking ownership of every action and words you say or do. It shows the other party your willingness to be honest and vulnerable. This creates love, trust, emotional connection, and dependability.

To have complete responsibility is not easy but it is essential if you want to cultivate happier and healthier relationships with yourself and the people around you.

It is imperative that we take responsibility for our actions if we want to thrive as adults. Taking ownership is also a powerful reminder that you have absolute control over your life.

Here are some of the most inspiring quotes about taking responsibility so you can have more control over your life and the play in your relationships.

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