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“A bad past is no excuse for a bad present. ”
“Work on yourself first, take responsibility for your own progress.”
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
“Contrary to popular belief, there most certainly is an 'I' in 'team.' It is the same 'I' that appears three times in 'responsibility.'”
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”
“The ultimate folly is to think that something crucial to your welfare is being taken care of for you.”
“I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.”
“You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.”
“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.'”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
“God has entrusted me with myself.”
“A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.”
“With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.”
“Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.”
“The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.”
“'It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet.'”
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion.”
“Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.”
“The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.”
“The lives and happiness of our children, as far ahead as the mind can reach, depend on us today. If we succeed, posterity looking back will record that this was indeed man's finest hour.”
“Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.”
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