Gloria Steinem Quotes

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

In order to do something you must be something.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

Character is destiny.

Nobody's perfect, but I hold myself accountable. I think about the choices I make because they not only affect me, they affect all of my fans and my family.

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one not of redesign but of renewal and reaffirmation, especially of the standards in which all of us believe.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.

I take personal responsibility for everything I say.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.