Lawrence Taylor Quotes

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.

You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

People get DUIs, people get in fights with their boyfriends, it happens, life happens, but it's about being accountable for your actions. I don't know. I'm just not that girl, I don't go to clubs. I'm a pretty normal girl.

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else.

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Clean up your own mess.

People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports.

It's about working when nobody's watching.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

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.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

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.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

I learned in an extremely hard way that the accountability falls with me.