Quotes about Responsibility

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself;

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.

In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute.

They themselves are makers of themselves.

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.

Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.

Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.

Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state; but in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his household.

MAN IS MADE OR UNMADE by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.

A man's weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, and not another man's; they are brought about by himself, and not by another; and they can only be altered by himself, never by another. His condition is also his own, and not another man's. His suffering and his happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.