Quotes about Responsibility
Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.
— Stephen Covey
Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon. As well as enabling us to choose our response to particular circumstances, this empowers us to create circumstances. Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt me without my consent.
— Stephen Covey
Universal principles or natural laws, such as responsibility, integrity, abundance and renewal
— Stephen Covey
Many people wait for something to happen or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.
— Stephen Covey
I know one father who was leaving with his children for a promised trip to the circus when a phone call came for him to come to work instead. He declined. When his wife suggested that perhaps he should have gone to work, he responded, "The work will come again, but childhood won't.
— Stephen Covey
Whether a problem is direct, indirect, or no control, we have in our hands the first step to the solution. Changing our habits, changing our methods of influence and changing the way we see our no control problems are all within our Circle of Influence.
— Stephen Covey
Taking initiative means] recognizing our responsibility to make things happen
— Stephen Covey
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
— Stephen Covey
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.
— Stephen Covey
So the place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our Circle of Influence, our own character.
— Stephen Covey
It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
— Stephen Covey