Hannah Arendt Quotes

Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own the effects of our actions, then clearly we own that which we produce, whether what we produce is a bow, or a book - or a murder.

Everything that I write will be signed with my name.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

You are committed to what you confess.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it.

You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.

I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

I made the decision. I'm accountable.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness.

Responsibility is a unique concept. It can only reside and inhere in a single individual. You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you. You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it. If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance run, all alone, very exhausting. Alone in a dreary room, alone in the dock before the judges, and alone to make up your mind, before yourself and before the judgement of others. At the end of every freedom there is a sentence, which is why freedom is too heavy to bear.

Sometimes the choices you make are good and other times it goes the other way. I take full responsibility as coach.

Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.