Responsibility is a term used to refer the moral accountability of a person s action and can be defined as the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something or as the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force. In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission, in accordance with one’s moral obligations.

There are many different opinions and ways in which responsibility can be defined, so today I,m sharing few quotes and sayings about responsibility by famous people, with a hope that they would help you to understand it in a better way. Hope you enjoy reading them!

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill, in a speech (The Gift of a Common Tongue) at Harvard University (6 September 1943).

Responsibilities fall heaviest on those willing to take the load.
Heather Day Gilbert, God’s Daughter (2013)

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.
Stan Lee, Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) – The first Spider-Man story.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Molière

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

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one’s going to take responsibility for you.”
Tyra Banks

Your attention please, no one is coming to save you, this life of yours is 100% your responsibility.
Anonymous

I can't always control my thoughts but I can choose how I respond to them.
David Cushieri

Responsibility is accepting that YOU are the Cause and the Solution of the Matter.
Anonymous

Accept responsibility for your actions. Be accountable for your results. Take ownership of your mistakes.
Anonymous

You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.
Robert Tew

Man has responsibility, not power.
Tuscarora Proverb

Take Responsibility For Your Actions Or Stop Acting Altogether.
Anonymous

If you realize your responsibility you will realize your destiny.
Tasneem Hameed

Nothing will ever change while you point the finger of blame. Out of responsibility comes possibility.
Lisa Villa Prosen

Some people create their own storms, when get upset it rains.
Anonymous

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, You Learn by Living (1960)

You Are Responsible For Your Own Happiness.
Anonymous

You are responsible for your own happiness. If you expect others to make you happy, chances are you'll always end up disappointed.
Anonymous

Take responsibility and initiative for yourself. Stop blaming your circumstances on what you are able to change.
Anonymous

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

Responsibility. Be dependable. Hold yourself accountable. Do the right thing. Apologize when you make a mistake. Do your best work. Complete what you set out to do. Integrity.
Anonymous

Responsibility is the price of freedom.
Elbert Hubbard

I’m responsible for what I say, not for what you understand.
Anonymous

You’re free to do whatever you want, but you should always take responsibility for the consequences of your choices in life.
Anonymous

Take your responsibility for your work, don’t do anything that is useless!
Anonymous

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 the talent that has been entrusted to you go work with it.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel

In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
Michael Korda, Success! (1977)

You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.
Robert Tew

It’s easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we can’t dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
Sir Josiah Stamp

Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
Abraham Lincoln

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Radio broadcast appeal on behalf of the USO and the National War Fund, widely reprinted under the title, “I Believe”

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam (1926)

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

P.R.I.D.E: Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence
Anonymous

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

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.
Bob McDonnell

Many people fail because they do not take responsibility for their actions.
Tuan Tran

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one’s going to take responsibility for you.
Tyra Banks

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Jim Rohn

Maturity doesn’t mean age; it means sensitivity, manners, and how you react.
Anonymous

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill, in a speech (The Gift of a Common Tongue) at Harvard University (6 September 1943).

Sometimes you have to shut up, swallow your pride and accept that you’re wrong. It’s not giving up, it’s called growing up.
Anonymous

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Abraham Lincoln

Whatever happens, take responsibility.
Tony Robbins

You must take personal responsibility.
You cannot change the circumstances,
the seasons, or the wind, but
you can change yourself.
Jim Rohn

Sometimes when you give up on someone, it’s not because you don’t care anymore, but because ou realize they don’t.
Anonymous

Dreams don’t work unless you do.
John C. Maxwell

Excuses are a time thief. Have a goal, accept responsibility, and take action!”
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience (2013)

I’m sorry is a statement. “I won’t do it again is a promise. “How do I make it up to you?” is a responsibility.
Anonymous

Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it.
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience (2013)

Leadership – leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.
Mitt Romney

Don’t just accept where you are at in life. If you want to be better. If you want to be more, do more. It’s all on you. Do it.
Anonymous

Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
James Rhineheart.

If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.”
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience (2013)

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.
Stan Lee, Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) – The first Spider-Man story.

Take responsibility for the decisions you make and the actions you take.
Billy Cox

You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.
Tony Gaskins

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period.
Brenda Slavin

Take Responsibility For Your Actions Or Stop Acting Altogether.
Anonymous

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

Responsibility – No Single Drop Of Water Thinks It Is Responsible For The Flood.
Anonymous

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
Toni Morrison

The More You Take Responsibility for Your Past and Present,the More You are able to Create the Future You Seek.
Anonymous

Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space.
Jill Bolte Taylor

In dreams begins responsibility.
Delmore Schwartz (Short story)

Work on yourself first, take responsibility for your own progress.
I Ching

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
John C. Maxwell

A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs.
John Charles Polanyi

Quit making excuses, putting it off, complaining about it, dreaming about it, whining about it, crying about it, believing you can’t, worrying if you can, waiting until you are older, skinnier, richer, braver, or all around better. Suck it up, hold on tight, say a prayer, make a plan & just do it.
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