70 Responsibility Quotes and Sayings

In this post, you will find amazing responsibility sayings.

Short Responsibility Sayings

 

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

 

“Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.” —Orrin Woodward

 

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” —Roy T. Bennett

 

“With adulthood comes responsibility.” —Mary Lydon Simonsen

 

“Responsibility is the price of greatness.” —Winston Churchill

 

“Whatever happens, take responsibility.” —Tony Robbins

 

“Never mind your happiness; do your duty.” —Will Durant

 

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” —George Bernard Shaw

 

“If you own this story you get to write the ending.” —Brene Brown

 

“Only you can control your future.” —Dr. Seuss

 

“Never promise more than you can perform.” —Publilius Syrus

 

“With great power comes great responsibility.” —Voltaire

 

“Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.” —Seth Berkley

 

“Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation.” —Dan Millman

 

“The choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.” —Unknown

 

“Winners take responsibility.  Losers blame others.” —Brit Hume

 

“The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.” —George Eliot

 

“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.” —Patrick Ness

 

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” —Roy T. Bennett

 

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” —Khalil Gibran

 

“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.” —General Colin Powell

 

“Accountability breeds responsibility.” —Stephen R. Covey

 

“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.” —Gary Snyder

 

“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.” —William Penn

 

“Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

 

“The time is always right to do what is right.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

“Responsibility is the great developer of men.” —Mary Parker Follett

 

“We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.” —Bill Maher

Responsibility Sayings

 

“Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment.” —Sri Chinmoy

 

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” —Les Brown

 

“Accept responsibility for your actions. Be accountable for your results. Take ownership for your mistakes.” —Unknown

 

“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

 

“Running away from problems or troubles will make you fall into another problem or trouble.” —Unknown

 

“Responsibility’s like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.” —William McFee

 

“Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.” —Carrie Underwood

 

“The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, ‘I’ve got responsibilities.” —Richard Bach

 

“Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.” —Malcolm Forbes

 

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” —Moliere

 

“Personal responsibility is the willingness to completely accept choices that we have made throughout our life.” —Asa Don Brown

 

“All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.” —Mahatma Gandhi

 

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” —Plato

 

“Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.” —Malcolm Forbes

 

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

“In your area of responsibility, if you do not control events, you are at the mercy of events.” —Harland Svare

 

“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.” —Lou Holtz

 

“Every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity and obligation, every possession, a duty.” —John D. Rockefeller    

 

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

 

“Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.” —Pat Summitt

 

“Values you may have, but it’s your responsibility is to achieve those values.” —Unknown

 

“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” —George Bernard Shaw

 

“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.” —Hubert Selby Jr.

 

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” —Sir Josiah Stamp

 

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

 

“Where there is no accountability, there will also be no responsibility.” —Sunday Adelaja

 

“The only way we can change our world is to take responsibility for our part in it.” —Rachael Bermingham

 

“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

 

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

 

“When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.” —Kelley Armstrong

 

“Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.” —Ayn Rand

 

“Every person who has changed the world has taken responsibility for something that mattered not just to them, but to mankind.” —Mike Stutman

 

“You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel. Remember, that.” —Unknown

 

“Worry less. Smile more. Listen carefully. Take responsibility. Accept what you can’t change. Embrace the lessons. Love your life. Today.” —Unknown

Top Ten Responsibility Sayings

 

Here you will find top ten responsibility sayings selected by our team.

  1. “Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
  2. “Responsibility is the price of greatness.” —Winston Churchill
  3. “Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.” —Seth Berkley
  4. “No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.” —Unknown
  5. “Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.” —Ayn Rand
  6. “Winners take responsibility.  Losers blame others.” —Brit Hume
  7. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” —Abraham Lincoln
  8. “The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.” —Hal Elrod
  9. “Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.” —Malcolm Forbes
  10. “We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” —George Bernard Shaw