Quotes about Responsibility

What we need is boundaries, not barriers.

God calls us to obey Him. God does not call us to obey every wish and whim of other people. God calls us to love other people. God does not call us to demand that they love us back and meet every need we have.

our job is to be obedient to God. God's job is everything else.

A person pursuing obedience is able to pause and touch those that He says need our time, in spite of busy schedules.

Remember all the work you've done to draw boundaries was not about controlling someone else's behavior. It's about paying attention ad being hones about how someone's poor behavior and lack of responsibility is possibly controlling you. And when people close to us are acting out of control, that's when we run the greater risk of lacking self-control. When a relationship shifts from being difficult to being destructive, it's the right time to consider a goodbye.

Yes and No the two most powerful words.

Don't let today's reaction become tomorrow's regret.

The hurt was caused by someone else, but the resulting feelings are mine to manage.

The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls.

not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.

Choices and consequences come in package deals. When we make a choice, we ignite the consequences that can come along with it.

listen. 15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.